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, nice boat!
Any guesses as to where we are?
Thanks for having a look at the view.
Check out The Rigging Company NEW Flat Track Motorcycles, ridden by The Rigging Company Owner/Partner, Sean Simmons. Come see Sean race this weekend at the Mason Dixon Fairgrounds……
Synthetic rigging has been getting more and more common recently. Rod rigging has lost some popularity in the past decade due to parts availability issues from manufacturers. Wire rigging has remained tried and true to the test of time. In looking at each of these stay materials we find some advantages and disadvantages. Let’s take a look……
A beautiful day…..arguably the best this year. A Tayana 37, a well done canoe stern for blue water cruising. A brand new headsail furler and headstay assembly. This furler has won me over for being the best cruising line-drive furler available on the market. Any guesses to who makes…
Here we had to go aloft to replace an external boom topping lift as the rope had slipped the sheave and jammed. This caused the cover of the rope to become separated. What creek is this? I can tell you that it is in Annapolis, Maryland. What kind of boat is this? Click on the pictures for…
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 first the fiberglass battens hold up, much to their surprise. After replacing the pins with even smaller fiberglass pins and accidentally unfurling the Genoa all the…
Just another day at the office. Here I had to go aloft to take a perfectly good internal halyard that went to a brand new rope clutch and make it external. Don’t ask me why, it is just what the customer wanted. As we always say “as long as it is safe and functional”, it is…
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