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 ===== Rigging =====
-Tiresome pedants love to say that sailboats have no ropes, but it's reasonable to ignore them and enjoy a better life as a result. There's ropes everywhere and they all have weird names that predate modern English. Some of these ropes are made of steel. These are collectively called "fixed rigging" and generally don't move much when sailing. These are in contrast to the "running rigging", which are the ropes you pull on to make the boat go places or stop going places.
+Tiresome pedants love to say that sailboats have no ropes, but it's reasonable to ignore them and enjoy a better life as a result. There are ropes everywhere and they all have weird names that predate modern English. Some of these ropes are made of steel. These are collectively called "fixed rigging" and generally don't move much when sailing. These are in contrast to the "running rigging", which are the ropes you pull on to make the boat go places or stop going places.
 I had to install a new luff line along the leading edge of the new jib, and one of the mast shrouds had worn down to a few strands on one end. The shrouds are steel lines that run down the outside of the mast to add stiffness. If a shroud snapped the mast would wonk over sideways like a banana. This is bad for sailing. For this work I would need to pick up a spool of stainless wire, some thimbles, some swages, some shackles, carabiners and a swaging tool. Farewell to another AUD$200-ish.