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	Rigging - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rigging (Anglo-Saxon wrigan or wrihan, to clothe) denotes a ship's apparatus of spars (including both masts and yards), sails and cordage, by which the force of the wind is used to move the hull against the resistance, and with the support, of the water.
		The running rigging by which all spars and sails are hoisted, or lowered and spread or taken in, may be divided into those which lift and lower - the lifts, jeers, halliards (haulyards, halyards) — and those which hold down the lower corners of the sails — the tacks and sheets.
		The simplest of all forms of rigging is the dipping lug, a quadrangular sail hanging from a yard, and always hoisted on the side of the mast opposite to that on which the wind is blowing (the lee side).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rigging (3623 words)

	Sail Ship Rigging
		Rigging (derived from the Anglo-Saxon wrigan or wrihan, to clothe) is the general term for the whole apparatus of spars (including both masts and yards), sails and cordage, by which the force of the wind is utilized to move the hull against the resistance, and with the support, of the water.
		A Stay, in the rigging of a ship, is a large strong rope employed to support the mast, by being extended from its upper end to the stem of the ship.
		The running rigging by which all spars and sails are hoisted, or lowered and spread or taken in, may be divided into those which lift and lower the lifts, jeers, halliards (haulyards), and those which hold down the lower corners of the sails, the tacks and sheets.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ship/sail-rigging.htm (2127 words)

	RIGGING - LoveToKnow Article on RIGGING (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The basis of all rigging is the mast (q.v.), whether it be composed of one or of many pieces of wood or metal.
		As the whole of the rigging is divided into standing and running, so a rope forming part of the rigging is divided into the standing part and the fall.
		The running rigging by which all spars and sails are hoisted, or lowered and spread or taken in., may be divided into those which lift and lower the lifts, jeers, halliards (haulyards)and those which hold down the lower corners of the sailsthe tacks and she,ets.
	35.1911encyclopedia.org /R/RI/RIGGING.htm (3575 words)

	Running rigging
		The running rigging, on the other hand, had to be quick and straightforward to operate at sea, even in the worst weather, otherwise the safety of the whole ship was at risk.
		Hence while the standing rigging was subject to the latest aesthetic and technical fashions, the first consideration in the design of the running rigging was that it should work perfectly.The ropework of the running rigging was generally in its natural state and therefore lighter in color than most of the standing rigging.
		The running rigging is belayed to kevel blocks, stag horns, cleats and belaying pins.
	www.all-model.com /wolfram/PAGE83.html (573 words)

	Running Rigging
		Rigging (Anglo-Saxon wrigan or wrihan, to clothe),the general term, in connection with ships, for the whole apparatus of spars (including both masts and yards), sails and cordage, by which the force of the wind is utilized to move the hull against the resistance, and with the support, of the water.
		A shipis not rigged until she is provided with all the spars, sails and cordage required to move and control the hull.
		It is strictly correct to speak of the rigging of a mast or a yard, or of a boom, whenall that is meant is the special set of ropes, of whatever size or material, required tokeep them in their place, or withdraw them from it, when they have to be moved in the ship.
	www.altvetmed.com /face/9561-running-rigging.html (786 words)

	Ye Olde Booke O' Seadogs: Running Rigging (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		All rigging used in hoisting lowering, or trimming the sails of a vessel, or hoisting or striking the yards of a square-rigged ship, is known as running rigging.
		In square rigged ships, only the triangular sails, the staysails, has halyards; the square sails are hoisted up to their yards in bundles by jiggers and then laced to the yards ready for spreading when required.
		Other running rigging in a ship are, for example, the guys of spinnakers and of derricks, as well as purchases used permanently when working a crane or derrick.
	vamos-wentworth.org /seadog/seadog.php?menu=parts&subject=running (436 words)

	Dances With Wires: An Unusual Rigging Project
		This cable runs to the gantry and around an equalizing sheave, back to the digging ladder well and around another equalizing sheave, back to the gantry and around the final equalizing sheave, and is again dead-ended inside the digging ladder well.
		Water runs down the struts and collects at the connection between the aft (bottom) end of the struts and their connection with the main longitudinal beam of the superstructure.
		To balance the standing rigging force, we needed either to apply load through the original running rigging or to install "preventor wires" to hold the top of the gantry in the forward position.
	www.maritime.org /conf/conf-murphy.htm (5572 words)

	AllRefer.com - rigging (Naval And Nautical Affairs) - Encyclopedia
		rigging, the wires, ropes, and chains employed to support and operate the masts, yards, booms, and sails of a vessel.
		Standing rigging is semipermanent, consisting mainly of mast supports, the fore-and-aft stays, and the stays running from the masthead to each side of the vessel.
		Running rigging includes the ropes, blocks, and other apparatus needed to brace the yards, make or take in sails, and hoist cargo.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/R/rigging.html (174 words)

	Rigging - South Seas Companion Cultural Artefact
		Rigging was the name given to the various ropes used to support a ship’s masts, and to extend or reduce the amount of sail.
		The rigging used to support the masts was called standing rigging, because it was usually fixed in position.
		Rigging employed in raising, lowering and changing the position of sails was known as running rigging.
	southseas.nla.gov.au /biogs/P000365b.htm (131 words)

	Article - Rigging
		Running rigging comes in many forms, from 3-strand nylon on cruising boats to single braid spectra on racing boats.
		While a visual inspection of your running rigging can't precisely determine remaining strength it can keep you apprised of the wear pattern of the item.
		One way to prevent damage to your running rigging is to assure a smooth run.
	www.torresen.com /intersail/article.php?n=31 (512 words)

	SailBoatStuff Marine Parts & Supplies - Glossary R - T
		Standing rigging is made up of the shrouds and stays that provide lateral and longitudinal support to the spars.
		Running rigging comprises the halyards, sheets, tackles, outhauls and downhauls to put up, take down and adjust sails.
		The headstay is the foremost stay on which the jib is set; a forestay is aft of the headstay and carries a staysail; the backstay offsets the pull of the headstay.
	www.sailboatstuff.com /glos_r_t.html (2323 words)

	TERMS
		In fore and aft rigged vessels (ie schooners) the boom is a permanent and important spar at the foot of the mainsail and also of the foresail and the mizzen.
		Rig: The characteristics of a sailing vessel's masts and type and number of sails by which the type is determined ie.
		Rigging: All the ropes, wires or chains used to support the masts and yards and for hoisting, lowering or trimming sails.
	www.students.itu.edu.tr /~yildirimo4/terms.htm (4667 words)

	Rigging Small Sailboats - Chapter 9, page 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		On simple three stay rigs using stay adjusters on the shroud, use the forestay turnbuckle to put tension on the rig.
		The lines used for the various sheets should be cut to the correct lengths and the ends "whipped." The lengths of the sheets should be determined when the boom or the jib is at the maximum point of travel.
		Check all running rigging to see that all lines operate smoothly, that the sails will raise and lower without incident, and that there is a place for all lines to lead without confusion.
	www.glen-l.com /weblettr/webletters-2/webletter22a.html (1219 words)

	Concept to Reality - Standing and Running Rigging - the Art of Age of Sail
		Once the masts are finished the standing rigging can be completed, this generally is of a darker color since it received more treatment than the running rigging.
		Rigging used to support the masts, yards and bowsprit is called standing or fixed rigging.
		The rigging is normally fixed in position for static display, however it can be made to work on special request.
	www.ageofsail.net /aospro4a.asp (146 words)

	Laser 2 official rules (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Wire rigging may be of any length providing it is stainless steel round strand wire of diameter not more than 3.2mm The construction of the shrouds and diamonds shall be 1 x 19 and the wire halyards 7 x 19 all with a minimum diameter of 2.3mm.
		The mainsheet may be rigged with an additional purchase at the aft end by placing a double block on the boom and a single block with becket at the traveler.
		The traveler rigging and number of lines are not restricted in any way, except that only the traveler eyes and the traveler cleat may be used as fittings.
	www.netrover.com /~chat/DPT3A/Eli_Waxman/rulest.html (2896 words)

	Rigging Small Sailboats - Chapter 5 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Wire rope is sometimes used for some running rigging, but must be connected to rope at the moving ends that must be handled.
		Sometimes an additional halyard hook is located near the mast base for the running end of the wire rope halyard with another ball swaged at this end to secure the halyard.
		To run the sheet through the blocks is to REEVE the sheet, and it is a good practice to knot the running end of all sheets so they will not inadvertently pass through and out the blocks, causing loss of control of the sails.
	www.glen-l.com /free-book/rigging-small-sailboats-5.html (3159 words)

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		All you have to attend to is the flicking round of the yards with your walking stick, at the end of a run, and the setting of steering gear, or of the spanker.
		For hard galloping and straight running, there is nothing to beat it, for it does not bite the water, it works naturally, and it seems to get your ship to the same place every time, provided the wind remains steady in force and in direction.
		On a windjammer, this rudder must have sufficient lead put into the blade to keep the ship running well down-wind without bringing her by the lee, that is to say, without pulling her right off her course, to turn her tail to the wind, and bring it onto the other quarter.
	www.swcp.com /usvmyg/squarerig/sq4.htm (2703 words)

	Running Rigging - Around The World Of Sailing
		A worthwhile commissioning task is to thoroughly inspect your running rigging and prevent problems.
		Running rigging comes in many forms, from 3-strand nylon on older cruising boats to single braid spectra on high end racing boats.
		One way to check your running rigging is by inspecting it visually.
	www.torresen.com /sailing/content_archives/000636.php (604 words)

	RUNNING RIGGING (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Running rigging is a general term for rope (line) or wire on sailboats, used to hoist and trim sails.
		By creating tension on the corners of sails and other sail controls, running rigging is used to shape sails and propel the boat forward.
		Each rigging application emphasizes certain qualities in the line, which is why there is such a diversity of line available.
	www.yachtworks.net /Store/running_rigging.htm (401 words)

	Sailor's Forum - Running Rigging Help (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Is there a diagram or instructions on how to run the backstay adjusters, Main Sheet, and the traveler lines.
		All the rigging and lines were taken apart before I got a chance to see how it was rigged.
		It has all kinds of great diagrams for running running running rigging on all sizes of boats for cruising or racing oriented skippers.
	www.catalina25-250.org /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=5782 (318 words)

	SetSail.com - the serious cruising sailor's website
		The center of effort of the rig would have to be in the correct position relative to the keel, and cost wise, I doubt you want to mess with moving the keel.
		As far as boat size, as much as we love the ketch rig, for a whole variety of reasons, starting with cost and complexity, it does not make sense until you are forced to use it by shear size of the boat.
		Third, make sure the rig is quiet at sea (we met one monohull that was very unhappy with the noise of their rig moving around in its bearings).
	www.setsail.com /c_central/faqs/faq_rigs.html (9951 words)

	Frank's Weekender Project - Running Rigging (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Well, last weekend I was able to get the gaff's running rigging done; the peak and throat halyard seems to work, though there some fine tuning to do at the point where the peak halyard rubs against the strop for the throat halyard block.
		One is to rig a "bridle" from aft corner to aft corner, and put a sliding block along it that takes the place of the block on the center of the deck.
		The plans have just the peak halyard run back, but I want to be able to lower the sail quickly, without climbing up on deck, so I had planned to run the throat halyard back as well..
	users2.ev1.net /~fshagan/runrig.htm (2681 words)

	BoatUS BoatTECH Guides: Rigging
		A lot of sailors feel that if their rig is at the cutting edge of technology, then it's a "sealed for life" system.
		The whole rig needs to be inspected regularly, since very fine tolerances are involved and many of the lightweight materials used to improve a boat's performance are deceptively brittle.
		As with your running rigging, avoid leaving your blocks damp with saltwater.
	www.boatus.com /boattech/rigging.htm (1225 words)

	BoatUS BoatTECH Guides: Running Rigging
		Your boat's running rigging is not the place to economize.
		Many racers and cruisers have switched from wire to all-rope halyards; others have also opted for high-strength, low-stretch, lightweight ropes for their running rigging.
		The Yale cordage BoatUS carries for running rigging is the most technologically advanced rope in today's market.
	www.boatus.com /boattech/runrig.htm (1089 words)

	Venture Newport Headsails Running Rigging
		Normally on a cutter rig, one headsail is considerable larger than the other, a primary sail.
		When the sail is trimmed all the way out for a run, the club will keep the jib full exposed to as much wind as possible.
		To me, trimming two headsails is part of having a cutter rig and part of owning a classic styled sailboat.
	www.geocities.com /venturenewport/HowTo/RunningRigging.html (1033 words)

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		As the running rigging ean hardly be discussed apart from the sails, I propose to leave it until I deal with them.
		But of what I consider to be really practical systems of fitting the running rigging, and working the sails, I have seen not one in any of the books I have come across.
		Your back stays must not run down to the bulwarks, but must be right inboard, as near as may be convenient to your hatches and deckhouses.
	www.swcp.com /usvmyg/squarerig/sq3.htm (2487 words)

	Used Boats for Sale \| A Boat Trader Directory of Yachts and Boats
		A reef in a spanker or fore-and-aft mainsail, which runs from the outer head-earing, diagonally, to the tack.
		The dead-eyes of the topmast rigging are fitted to their upper ends, and the futtock-shrouds to their lower ends.
		Longitudinals ----These run fore and aft from bulkhead to bulkhead, except in the shelter and upper decks, where some are broken by hatch interference.
	www.usedboats.com /nautical-terms-glossary.htm (11943 words)

	Gaff Rig Page - Running Rigging Controversy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Most of the peak halyard rigging he has done is designed to put the most mechanical advantage along the middle two thirds of the gaff, which allows the gaff to bend a bit and the peak to sag off under strain.
		Ian's comments regarding the many different ways to rig the peak halyard, and pointing out that different situations require different solutions seems to be the best explanation for the various rigs illustrated by the books.
		An even simpler rig would be to have a bridle span from the outboard end of the gaff to where the block is, and had a sliding block on that bridle.
	users2.ev1.net /~fshagan/gaffhaly.htm (1831 words)

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