Roger,

My boat was built in 1988.  It seems unlikely that the failed forestay would have been original.  

The boat was last recycled by General Boats in 2016.  There's no telling how many times it was recycled prior to that.  I don't think year of manufacture will help us identify a defective batch of swaged terminals.

Peter Nyberg
Coventry, CT
s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)

> On 2021-05-29, at 06:44:50 EDT, ROGER PIHLAJA wrote:
> 
> Peter and Allyn, what year are your boats?  You can tell from the W/C 
> registration number on the transom.  Do you know if the forestays have ever been 
> replaced?  I’m wondering if we have an issue with chloride stress cracking 
> fatigue due to hours of use or perhaps a defective batch of swaged terminals?  
> If your boats were made around the same time, we could have a defective batch of 
> parts.  In any case, it certainly wouldn’t hurt for everybody to take a close 
> look at the toggle joint at the top of your forestay.  A dye penetrant test 
> would be best; but, at least look closely with a magnifying glass for tiny 
> cracks &/or rusty reddish brown discoloration on or near the threads.  If 
> you see anything like this, I recommend you immediately replace at least the 
> threaded component of the toggle joint, assuming you can get it apart.  If you 
> can’t get it apart; then, replace your whole forestay.  Chloride stress cracking 
> fatigue is one of those failure mechanisms that can proceed very rapidly from 
> hardly anything visible to total failure.  The failure will likely happen when 
> your rig is heavily stressed – i.e. just when you don’t need problems! 
> 
> Roger Pihlaja
> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
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> Thanks, Roger. I'm dropping the mast in the morning and will let you know.
> 
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