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Walkthroughs and discussions on favorite rigging, set-ups and tricks for sailing rigs and rigging.

Author	Title
Karen Sullivan	Brion Toss: Once in Ten Thousand Years: Brion Toss: Once in Ten Thousand Years Note: This is a reprint of an article written by OCH Guide Karen Sullivan in June...
Bill Mayher	The Education of Myles Thurlow: A Proper Apprenticeship: NOTE: This article was originally published in WoodenBoat Magazine, Issue 178: May/June 2004. Photographs by Benjamin Me...
Iain Oughtred	My Favorite Sailing Rigs and Why, by Iain Oughtred: Do I have a favorite rig? Well, it depends what kind of a boat are we talking about, where it’s sailed, what the prev...
LinAndLarry Pardey	Our Favorite Sailing Rig: The Cutter, by Lin and Larry Pardey: For any sailing boat under 45 feet, nothing beats a properly-designed cutter rig, especially if you sail shorthanded. By...
Havilah Hawkins	My Favorite Rig and Why—The Gaff Rigged Schooner, by Havilah Hawkins: Okay, I’ll admit up front that I am a bit biased. In spite of now owning the 50’ sloop VELA, I can’t help myself....
Lance Lee	My Favorite Rig and Why — A Fembøring Norse Square Rig, by Lance Lee: My prejudice begins when twelve of us stowed our expedition gear in a 40-foot fembøring named MUNIN in the mid-coast re...
Ellen Leonard	My Favorite Rig and Why—The Unstayed Mast, by Ellen Massey Leonard: My Favorite Rig: Simple, Safe, and Unstayed © Ellen Massey Leonard, 2014, All Rights Reserved. Unfortunately, the only...
Tom Cunliffe	My Favorite Rig and Why — The Gaff Rig, a Guide Post by Tom Cunliffe: The following is an excerpt from Tom Cunliffe's forthcoming book The Complete Ocean Skipper, which will be published nex...
Brion Toss	My Favorite Sailing Rig and Why, by Brion Toss: This is an entirely appropriate and reasonable question to ask a rigger. People in my trade spend a lot of time analyzin...
Dick Wagner	The Yawl Rig – My Favorite Rig and Why by Dick Wagner: The physics of sailing include the wind, the current, the underwater hull shape and the sail area. It is really a battle...
Doug Hylan	My Favorite Rig and Why—A Guide Post by Doug Hylan: As a lazy sailor, my favorite rig would be fractional sloop, sans running backstays. I have enough excitement just comin...
Guest Author	How to Make a Dyneema Loop, by Claas van der Linde: Note from OCH: We were so impressed with the grommet used by Claas van der Linde in the Anchoring 3 video aboard ALERA,...
Brion Toss	Three Tricks of the Rigging Trade: Use of Drill Taps: Rigging modern boats with metal spars entails a whole lot of drilling and tapping, usually into alumi...

 

Related Videos

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Traditional Rigging, Part 13-Seizing a Thimble & Block with Seine Twine: Myles seizes a thimble and a block into synthetic three strand with seine twine....
Traditional Rigging, Part 12–Synthetic Three Strand Eye Splice: Myles shows how to make an eye with synthetic three strand rope....
Synthetic Rigging the Rhodes 27 VARYA – A Brion Toss Legacy Project: Jen Bates was one of the lucky few who got to study rigging working side by side with Brion Toss....
Traditional Rigging, Part 10 – Parceling and Serving a Wire Grommet: Myles continues to make the throat halyard strop as he parcels and serves the underlying wire grommet....
Traditional Rigging, Part 8 – Parcelling & Serving a Eye Splice: Myles Thurlow demonstrates the methods behind parcelling and serving a eye splice....
Traditional Rigging, Part 7 – Making a Wire Splice: Myles demonstrates the methods behind making a wire splice in this next chapter in our traditional rigging series....
Traditional Rigging, Part 6 – Leathering a Spliced Eye: For leathering a spliced eye, or sewing leather around standing rigging or oars, the double needle baseball stitch is th...
Traditional Rigging, Part 4 – Cutting and Parcelling for a Spliced Eye: We continue our exploration into the art of traditional rigging with Myles Thurlow walking us through the cutting and pa...
Traditional Rigging, Part 5 – Serving for a Spliced Eye: After cutting and parcelling, master rigger Myles Thurlow demonstrates the technique of serving a spliced eye....
Traditional Rigging, Part 3 – Wire, Thimbles, Marline, & More: Ever wondered what tools and materials a rigger brings to a traditional vessel? Master rigger Myles Thurlow takes us ste...
Traditional Rigging, Part 2 – Tools of the Trade: In part 2 of our Traditional Rigging Series, master rigger Myles Thurlow shows us the tools of his trade. Carefully sele...
Traditional Rigging, Part 1 – Whipping a Rope: In part 1 of our Traditional Rigging Series, master rigger Myles Thurlow walks us through whipping a rope end to finish...
Cool Sail Rigging Tips #4 – Calibrating Your Eye for Luff Sag: Seeing the correct shape will help you get the most out of your sail....
Cool Sail Rigging Tips #3, Of Rollers, Coils, & Curves: Coiling rope (or even your garden hose!) and other tips....
How to Build a Caledonia Yawl, Part 41 – Rigging: Woodworking tools can be put away as Geoff assembles the Caledonia Yawl and completes her rigging with her new suit of s...
Cool Sail Rigging Tips #2 – Tail Bury Lengths for Splicing Braided Rope: Synthetic ropes are strong but slippery. Here's how to be sure you have enough tail bury length when splicing braided ro...
Cool Sail Rigging Tips #1 – Turnbuckles & Pins: Rigging tips from the pro on how best to handle turnbuckles and those terrible cotter pins....
Stepping a Mast with a Gin Pole: A do-it-yourself method for stepping a mast with a gin pole that makes the job simple and elegant... and saves you money...

 

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