We all know that bigger boats cost more but a lot of folks just don’t get the scale of the thing. So, here’s a quick example…
Our CAL 34 rig calls for a 9/32″ forestay of roughly forty feet while, on the other hand, the Morgan 41 OI we were talking about has a 3/8″ forestay of about fifty-two feet.
Pricing out the two pieces of wire gives me $247 for the CAL and $754 for the Morgan. Of course, you’re going to need some terminals for that wire so add $170 for the CAL and $400 or so for the Morgan and we can’t forget a turnbuckle so that’s another $100 for the CAL and $200 for the Morgan which leaves us with a total of $517 for the CAL 34 forestay and $1354 for the Morgan’s.
Yeah, I know doing the math is often depressing…