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Moderator – “Tape on standing rigging is clearly prohibited” – does this preclude taping clevis pin rings and/or retaining clips, to keep from tearing sails ? Can’t believe that wouldn’t be allowed… Bill C
I challenge you to find any rule that permits tape on standing rigging. If you try to say that tape on ring-dings is part of the standing rigging, you run afoul of rule F6.1 which says standing rigging may be made only from stainless steel or rope. So unless the tape is made from those materials, it is forbidden in standing rigging, at least as I read the rules. Maybe someone else knows better.
Of course, my point is that the Class Rules should be modified to permit tape.