Update on repairs, etc to get my boat back in the water: Lack of time and space means I'm having the boatyard put on a barrier coat and anti-fouling bottom coat, while fixing the few blisters that are there. The inspection ports are mostly done and the centerboard just needs an afternoon and then a quick paint job. Which leaves me to my next big question for the experts here: the standing rigging seems really loose and the turnbuckles don't seem to tighten enough. I've measured the rigging and it seems as though it is the newer 3/16ths rigging, so that's good.
But here's a photo showing the floppy rigging:
These shrouds seem pretty loose to me. So I tried to tighten up the turnbuckle, but they have a real hard time turning. One of them is slightly bent, as shown here:
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The top nut can't go beyond that slight bend in the threads, so I can't pull up the slack and turn the thumbscrew.
So I have this new part from the previous owner that would seem to replace the bent threads, but I have no idea how to put it on the rigging:
Any thoughts?