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Pre- Season Safety Tip 1 - Rigging
When you least expect it, a weakness in rigging can result in the loss of your mast. I hate when that happens. Prevent injury and worse yet, embarrassment, by thoroughly checking all shroud and stay wires for fraying or cracks in hardware and swage fittings. Any through fittings at the hull and the hull itself should also be examined and tightened so they do not work loose or begin cracking. A visual inspection can find most problems.
Tall ship sailors were pretty tough and checked their wire rigging by running them through their calloused hands until they caught on a frayed wire. Ouch! You may elect to have your crew perform that procedure.