Ian,

Many riggers recommend against the use of tightly fitting covers over standing rigging. I agree with them. What I use on the lower sections to prevent sheets from chafing is some PVC pipe from the hardware store. If you don't wish to remove any fittings, you can slit the PVC with a saw and then use some tie-wraps which can be covered with vinyl tape. 

On Jan 4, 2015, at 01:20, divanz620@... [amelyachtowners] <amelyachtowners@...> wrote:

 

The covers on my shrouds were tight, and worn out. I replaced them with sizes to match the shroud diameters, but particularly the forward lowers are now wearing where the sheets are in contact with them, I think it would be better to have larger diameters covers that could roll with the sheets.

My previous boat had PVC electrical conduit about twice the diameter of the shrouds and that worked well, until the UV broke them down, but of course you have to dismantle the rigging to get them on.

I may do that for the fwd lowers.

Cheers

Alan

SV Elyse SM437 

On Sun, 4/1/15, divanz620@... [amelyachtowners] <amelyachtowners@...> wrote:

Subject: Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Amel Shroud Covers
To: amelyachtowners@...
Received: Sunday, 4 January, 2015, 7:20 PM


 









The covers on my shrouds were tight, and worn out.
I replaced them with sizes to match the shroud diameters,
but particularly the forward lowers are now wearing where
the sheets are in contact with them, I think it would be
better to have larger diameters covers that could roll with
the sheets.My previous boat had PVC electrical
conduit about twice the diameter of the shrouds and that
worked well, until the UV broke them down, but of course you
have to dismantle the rigging to get them on.I
may do that for the fwd lowers.
CheersAlanSV
Elyse SM437 









#yiv9727063337 #yiv9727063337 --
#yiv9727063337ygrp-mkp {
border:1px solid #d8d8d8;font-family:Arial;margin:10px
0;padding:0 10px;}

#yiv9727063337 #yiv9727063337ygrp-mkp hr {
border:1px solid #d8d8d8;}

#yiv9727063337 #yiv9727063337ygrp-mkp #yiv9727063337hd {
color:#628c2a;font-size:85%;font-weight:700;line-height:122%;margin:10px
0;}

#yiv9727063337 #yiv9727063337ygrp-mkp #yiv9727063337ads {
margin-bottom:10px;}

#yiv9727063337 #yiv9727063337ygrp-mkp .yiv9727063337ad {
padding:0 0;}

#yiv9727063337 #yiv9727063337ygrp-mkp .yiv9727063337ad p {
margin:0;}

#yiv9727063337 #yiv9727063337ygrp-mkp .yiv9727063337ad a {
color:#0000ff;text-decoration:none;}
#yiv9727063337 #yiv9727063337ygrp-sponsor
#yiv9727063337ygrp-lc {
font-family:Arial;}

#yiv9727063337 #yiv9727063337ygrp-sponsor
#yiv9727063337ygrp-lc #yiv9727063337hd {
margin:10px
0px;font-weight:700;font-size:78%;line-height:122%;}

#yiv9727063337 #yiv9727063337ygrp-sponsor
#yiv9727063337ygrp-lc .yiv9727063337ad {
margin-bottom:10px;padding:0 0;}

#yiv9727063337 #yiv9727063337actions {
font-family:Verdana;font-size:11px;padding:10px 0;}

#yiv9727063337 #yiv9727063337activity {
background-color:#e0ecee;float:left;font-family:Verdana;font-size:10px;padding:10px;}

#yiv9727063337 #yiv9727063337activity span {
font-weight:700;}

#yiv9727063337 #yiv9727063337activity span:first-child {
text-transform:uppercase;}

#yiv9727063337 #yiv9727063337activity span a {
color:#5085b6;text-decoration:none;}

#yiv9727063337 #yiv9727063337activity span span {
color:#ff7900;}

#yiv9727063337 #yiv9727063337activity span
.yiv9727063337underline {
text-decoration:underline;}

#yiv9727063337 .yiv9727063337attach {
clear:both;display:table;font-family:Arial;font-size:12px;padding:10px
0;width:400px;}

#yiv9727063337 .yiv9727063337attach div a {
text-decoration:none;}

#yiv9727063337 .yiv9727063337attach img {
border:none;padding-right:5px;}

#yiv9727063337 .yiv9727063337attach label {
display:block;margin-bottom:5px;}

#yiv9727063337 .yiv9727063337attach label a {
text-decoration:none;}

#yiv9727063337 blockquote {
margin:0 0 0 4px;}

#yiv9727063337 .yiv9727063337bold {
font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;font-weight:700;}

#yiv9727063337 .yiv9727063337bold a {
text-decoration:none;}

#yiv9727063337 dd.yiv9727063337last p a {
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:700;}

#yiv9727063337 dd.yiv9727063337last p span {
margin-right:10px;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:700;}

#yiv9727063337 dd.yiv9727063337last p
span.yiv9727063337yshortcuts {
margin-right:0;}

#yiv9727063337 div.yiv9727063337attach-table div div a {
text-decoration:none;}

#yiv9727063337 div.yiv9727063337attach-table {
width:400px;}

#yiv9727063337 div.yiv9727063337file-title a, #yiv9727063337
div.yiv9727063337file-title a:active, #yiv9727063337
div.yiv9727063337file-title a:hover, #yiv9727063337
div.yiv9727063337file-title a:visited {
text-decoration:none;}

#yiv9727063337 div.yiv9727063337photo-title a,
#yiv9727063337 div.yiv9727063337photo-title a:active,
#yiv9727063337 div.yiv9727063337photo-title a:hover,
#yiv9727063337 div.yiv9727063337photo-title a:visited {
text-decoration:none;}

#yiv9727063337 div#yiv9727063337ygrp-mlmsg
#yiv9727063337ygrp-msg p a span.yiv9727063337yshortcuts {
font-family:Verdana;font-size:10px;font-weight:normal;}

#yiv9727063337 .yiv9727063337green {
color:#628c2a;}

#yiv9727063337 .yiv9727063337MsoNormal {
margin:0 0 0 0;}

#yiv9727063337 o {
font-size:0;}

#yiv9727063337 #yiv9727063337photos div {
float:left;width:72px;}

#yiv9727063337 #yiv9727063337photos div div {
border:1px solid
#666666;height:62px;overflow:hidden;width:62px;}

#yiv9727063337 #yiv9727063337photos div label {
color:#666666;font-size:10px;overflow:hidden;text-align:center;white-space:nowrap;width:64px;}

#yiv9727063337 #yiv9727063337reco-category {
font-size:77%;}

#yiv9727063337 #yiv9727063337reco-desc {
font-size:77%;}

#yiv9727063337 .yiv9727063337replbq {
margin:4px;}

#yiv9727063337 #yiv9727063337ygrp-actbar div a:first-child {
margin-right:2px;padding-right:5px;}

#yiv9727063337 #yiv9727063337ygrp-mlmsg {
font-size:13px;font-family:Arial, helvetica, clean,
sans-serif;}

#yiv9727063337 #yiv9727063337ygrp-mlmsg table {
font-size:inherit;font:100%;}

#yiv9727063337 #yiv9727063337ygrp-mlmsg select,
#yiv9727063337 input, #yiv9727063337 textarea {
font:99% Arial, Helvetica, clean, sans-serif;}

#yiv9727063337 #yiv9727063337ygrp-mlmsg pre, #yiv9727063337
code {
font:115% monospace;}

#yiv9727063337 #yiv9727063337ygrp-mlmsg * {
line-height:1.22em;}

#yiv9727063337 #yiv9727063337ygrp-mlmsg #yiv9727063337logo {
padding-bottom:10px;}


#yiv9727063337 #yiv9727063337ygrp-msg p a {
font-family:Verdana;}

#yiv9727063337 #yiv9727063337ygrp-msg
p#yiv9727063337attach-count span {
color:#1E66AE;font-weight:700;}

#yiv9727063337 #yiv9727063337ygrp-reco
#yiv9727063337reco-head {
color:#ff7900;font-weight:700;}

#yiv9727063337 #yiv9727063337ygrp-reco {
margin-bottom:20px;padding:0px;}

#yiv9727063337 #yiv9727063337ygrp-sponsor #yiv9727063337ov
li a {
font-size:130%;text-decoration:none;}

#yiv9727063337 #yiv9727063337ygrp-sponsor #yiv9727063337ov
li {
font-size:77%;list-style-type:square;padding:6px 0;}

#yiv9727063337 #yiv9727063337ygrp-sponsor #yiv9727063337ov
ul {
margin:0;padding:0 0 0 8px;}

#yiv9727063337 #yiv9727063337ygrp-text {
font-family:Georgia;}

#yiv9727063337 #yiv9727063337ygrp-text p {
margin:0 0 1em 0;}

#yiv9727063337 #yiv9727063337ygrp-text tt {
font-size:120%;}

#yiv9727063337 #yiv9727063337ygrp-vital ul li:last-child {
border-right:none !important;
}
#yiv9727063337