A detailed look at everything above the deck on a sailboat. A complete discussion of spar construction is followed by chapters on standing and running rigging, with a detailed look at their components, including terminal fittings for both wire and rod rigging, turnbuckles, chainplates, tangs, and backstay adjusters. The author gives a comparison of halyards; a look at winches, cleats, blocks, and levers; and most helpful section on deck layout. He also explains sail trim and basic aerodynamics, and how to set up and tune a rig to optimize rake, shroud tension, lateral bend, mast flexing, and stay tension. The final chapter looks at improvements, modifications, and offshore rigs.
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"An exceptionally detailed look at everything above deck on a sailboat." -- Yachting
"Details specific enough to guide sailboat owners in assessments of their own rigs are the strength of this survey." -- Soundings
"Illustrations, schematics and photographs are extremely well chosen and placed... readable and entertaining, and lives up to its title." -- GAM
"Details specific enough to guide sailboat owners in assessments of their own rigs are the strength of this survey." -- Soundings
"Illustrations, schematics and photographs are extremely well chosen and placed... readable and entertaining, and lives up to its title." -- GAM
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The best single volume I have found on small sailboat rigs,
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I have a fairly large collection of sailing books, and this is one of the few that has become worn from use. I guess I've probably read the whole book at least five times, reading and re-reading various chapters as questions occur to me. The book is surprisingly readable, given what could be an overly technical or difficult subject area. It's a very practical little guide book. For anyone who is thinking about, or trying to understand, the rigging of small sailboats (I mean, say, under 100 feet), this is a very good book to have. Highly recommended. Mark Lane
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I bought this book looking for an help to clarify me how to make choices about rigging and rigs .But for me there a not enough diagrams or tables .
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Not for the beginner,
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I'm building a sailboat, and being new to sailing, I was hoping this book would give me a fairly basic overview to rigging. Instead, this book is more a discussion for the intermediate or advanced sailor, who already understands rigging however is looking for a general discussion of best practices. I doubt this book would be of much use to the novice.
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EVER SINCE PRIMITIVE MAN FIRST STOOD up on a floating tree and spread a skin to the breeze, sailors have been looking for a better rig. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
exotic rigs, luff foil, gaff vang, shroud loading, sail twist, luff sag, mast heel, freestanding masts, shroud angle, permanent backstay, high clew, leech cringle, luff length, reel winches, flattening reef, luff wire, helm balance, galvanic scale, mast bend, boom vang, spreader tip, sprit rig, sheeting angle, weather helm, running backstays Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Rod Stephens, North Sails, Nicro Fico, Sally Henderson, Mark Ellis, Chesapeake Bay, Francis Kinney, Harken Yacht Fittings, Bim Randolph, Fastnet Race, Francis Herreshoff, Garry Hoyt, International Measurement System, International Offshore Rule, John Alden, Bermuda Race, Britton Chance, Halsey Herreshoff, Howard Chapelle, Jim Allsopp, Uffa Fox, Wright Britton New!
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EVER SINCE PRIMITIVE MAN FIRST STOOD up on a floating tree and spread a skin to the breeze, sailors have been looking for a better rig. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
exotic rigs, luff foil, gaff vang, shroud loading, sail twist, luff sag, mast heel, freestanding masts, shroud angle, permanent backstay, high clew, leech cringle, luff length, reel winches, flattening reef, luff wire, helm balance, galvanic scale, mast bend, boom vang, spreader tip, sprit rig, sheeting angle, weather helm, running backstays Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Rod Stephens, North Sails, Nicro Fico, Sally Henderson, Mark Ellis, Chesapeake Bay, Francis Kinney, Harken Yacht Fittings, Bim Randolph, Fastnet Race, Francis Herreshoff, Garry Hoyt, International Measurement System, International Offshore Rule, John Alden, Bermuda Race, Britton Chance, Halsey Herreshoff, Howard Chapelle, Jim Allsopp, Uffa Fox, Wright Britton New!
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