Herb Benavent

Rigging Handbook (eBook, ePUB)

A Comprehensive Guide to Sailboat Rigging

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

From YouTube's popular Rigging Doctor channel, The Rigging Handbook is an introductory to mid-level book intended for boat owners, sailors, and cruisers who want to better understand how their masts and sails work. Part I covers the function of rigging on a sailboat and a general overview of common rig designswith a focus on single-masted sloops and cutters, and two-masted ketches, yawls, and schoonersas well as the slight nuances between them. Chapters then progress to introducing the parts of standing rigging (the parts that hold the mast up) and running rigging (the parts that hold the sails), the function of each piece, and a discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of all rigging materials, including hemp, galvanized steel, stainless steel, titanium and aluminum, and Dyneema (synthetic). Part II discusses how to evaluate, tune, repair, and replace rigging. Chapters cover in detail what happens when rigging parts fail or reach the end of their serviceable life, including from corrosion, cracks, and UV damage. Learn how to perform a rig survey and what to consider when it comes to the wear and tear that happens with time, distance, and use and abuse. The final chapters discuss the basics of replacing standing and running riggingincluding set up and tuningand the advantages of steel versus synthetic and polyester versus more modern fibers, enabling readers to make an informed decision as to what grade of equipment to use to outfit their boats.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2026
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781493086016
• Artikelnr.: 75584117

Autorenporträt

Herb Benavent, the Rigging Doctor, has been living the cruising life since 2017 when he and his wife, Maddie, left Baltimore, Maryland, and set off to do the impossible: cruise full-time in a 1968 Morgan 45 with an electric motor and synthetic rigging, showing how you can sail sustainably as far as your heart desires! Some 18,000 nautical miles later, they have sailed to the Bahamas, Bermuda, the Azores, Portugal, Spain, Gibraltar, Morocco, Madeira, Cape Verde, Suriname, USVI, and Puerto Rico. Currently, Herb and Maddie are back living in Baltimore as they refit a 1966 Alberg 30 into a proper cruising yacht.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I: Foundations of Rigging
Chapter 1: Looking Up
Chapter 2: Setting Sail
Chapter 3: Rigging It
Chapter 4: The Mast Itself
Chapter 5: How Running Rigging Ties In
Chapter 6: How Sails make it all work
Chapter 7: Going to the Top
Chapter 8: Down to the Bottom
Chapter 9: Rigging Materials
Chapter 10: Building It
Part II: Mechanics of Rigging
Chapter 11: When Things Go Wrong
Chapter 12: How to Carry Out a Rig Inspection
Chapter 13: When To Replace
Chapter 14: Avoid Repeating Your Mistakes
Chapter 15: Steel versus Synthetic
Chapter 16: A Frayed Knot
Chapter 17: Setting Up the Standing Rigging
Chapter 18: Setting Up the Running Rigging
Chapter 19: Tune Your Sailboat
Afterword
Glossary
Index