I have checked, repaired or replaced some minor components of this 1983 boat. The mast is a bit battered but still very strong. I checked all the standing rigging on the mast: side, fore and jib stays and 4 trapeze wires and also the running rigs: the jib and main halyards and sheets. All the lines seem solid enough and have years of life left in them.
I decided to replace the two side stays and adjusters because on one of them the plastic cover was broken in many places, showing its age. I kept the good one as a spare for the fore stay which is used only during rig-up and rig-down. The actual working/running fore stay is sewn inside the leach of the jib sail. This wire plus two side stays support the mast when on the water. When hiking out on the trapeze, flying one hull, only two stays are loaded. When on the water, the side stay on the low side is always slack.
