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How to Break Your Mast and Fix it!

Here is a neat rigging related find from yachtingmonthly.com's YouTube feed. In this first video you will see the crew attempt to force a dismasting by replacing the standing rigging clevis pins with shortened fiberglass battens. At...
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Beautiful Fairlie Yachts

This is one of the most magnificent sailboats built today. Watch this well edited video that summarizes the entire build process of the Fairlie 55. What a beautiful boat and what beautiful craftsmanship. You don't see too many boats built like this today....
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Views from Aloft

The Rigging Company aloft to install a digital apparent wind instrument. An Osprey made its nest on top of it and broke the cheaply made mounting plate right off. The view of a Bristol 43,...
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A New Twist on Sails

People have been talking more and more about wing sails these days. This technology can't possibly make its transition into the cruising sailboat market, or can it? Yachting Monthly checks out the new Elan 37...
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Views from Aloft

Click on the image for a zoom-able view. Please excuse the poor stitching on the left ;-0) On this day we where conducting a rigging inspection and rig tune. Although it looked...
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Views from Aloft

      We went aloft for a safety inspection after this beautiful Cabo Rico experienced a lightening strike. You can see below that the brunt of the lightening strike was taken by the VHF antenna....
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Views from Aloft

Today was a HOT one! We went aloft to see if this boat can accept an all rope jib halyard. As you can see, it is not the sheave that is the problem but rather...
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Views from Aloft

If you look closely you can see the Yacht Witchcraft, it's really tiny This week we were aloft to replace a headsail furler. Hood Yacht Systems provided this furler. The Hood...
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A Crane Operator

Cool camera angles, cool music, a very cool boat, and one cool crane op. Go, Oracle Team USA! [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9U6r-B27qw&w=560&h=315]
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Views from Aloft

Click on the images for a larger view. It was a dreary day in the Baltimore Inner Harbor. Here we were aloft at the desirable Baltimore Marine Center Lighthouse Point. Our FREE rigging safety inspections are...
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