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Here′s a prediction of what pieces will fail on your ocean-voyaging boat and in what order they will fail. It contains some excellent tips for making your spars and standing rigging last longer.
[Ocean Voyager, January 2001]
A rigger of classic yachts discusses the construction and breaking strength of wire rope, swaged and swageless fittings, and shackle strength. Mainly of interest to the owner or rigger of a very traditional boat, but swageless discussion affects many more of us.
[Classic Marine, Woodbridge, Suffolk, the UK]
A layman′s description of how a naval architect engineers a rig that′s strong enough yet not overbuilt. An interesting walk through the world of load analysis, stress and deflection, load patterns, and rig design and reinforcement.
[Sponberg Yacht Design Inc., St. Augustine, FL, USA]
Brief grab bag of facts and commentary about tuning masts and standing rigging. Contains excerpts from hard-to-find bulletin board and newsgroup postings, as well as links to useful sites and vendor pages.
[Bill Dietrich, USA]
Small on-line discussion group on spars, rigs, rigging, and tuning questions. You can search the archives by subject.
[Brion Toss Yacht Riggers, Port Townsend, WA, USA]
The author argues for daily rig inspections, discusses what to look for, lists what spares and tools to carry, and walks the reader through a few hypothetical repairs.
[SailNet, 30 March 2001]
How the author added an inner forestay for heavy weather which does not need running backstays to keep it taught.
[John Stevenson, Green Cove Springs, FL, USA]
Making sure your spar is held correctly
[Cruising World, February 2000]
Why you might want one and how to rig it.
[Blue Water Sailing, September 2002]
More ways (and reasons) than most sailors have thought of to reduce chafe in your ground tackle, running and standing rigging, engine and plumbing hoses, electrical cables, dinghy towing line, deck canvas and other points of movement.
[Ocean Navigator, May 2000]
The standing rigging is not an area of the boat where guess-work or aesthetics pay dividends; we need to be talking engineering here.
Moray MacPhail
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