Rigging 101 (Part 1)
May 04, 2023 by Sailing Fair Isle | Language: EN Play Time: 00:24:12 | SAILING YOUTUBERS
Rigging is one of those things that everyones knows is super important but most of us struggle to be on top of. It’s also an easy subject to just forget about and hope for the best. Obviously that is not a good way to go!
When you break things down most aspects are just common sense and it’s easily within the grasp of most people to get on top of their rigging and keep things safe.
This is the first of a two part series on rigging following a full re-rig of Fair Isle a cutter rigged Hans Christian 48T. We will take you through checking over the whole rig, changing all the standing rigging, fitting STA-LOK compression fittings and fitting a new Furlex unit from Selden.
In order to get the best advice and techniques to do the work we are filming with Jade Edwards-Leaney from The Boat Shed Wales. He was the rigger for Ian Herbert-Jones’s boat ‘Puffin’ in the Golden Globe Race as well as an emergency re-rigging of Abilash Tomy’s boat when it was damaged on the way to the start line. So there’s no better rigger to get tips of the trade from.
Check out what The Boat Shed Wales can do here:
https://www.theboatshedwales.co.uk
We used STA-LOK for our rigging, we wanted their compression fittings because we think they are the best thing to have on the bottom of all the wire. We also used their wires and had the swage the top fitting because we know you can trust the quality of the stainless steel they use and they have excellent swaging machines. Check them out here:
We chose Seldens Furlex unit for our yankee. Okay I admit I was smitten with that sexy top furler bearing right from when I saw it at the boat show, but having fitted the unit now I can say it’s all made to the same very high standard, it was easy to fit and works like a dream so I’m very glad we chose it. Check out Selden here:
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