Rigging Handbook

Herb Benavent, the Rigging Doctor, has been living the cruising life since 2017 when he and his wife, Maddie, left Baltimore, MD and set off to do the impossible: cruise full time in a 1968 Morgan 45 with an electric motor and synthetic rigging, showing how it can be done to allow you to 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.

• IntroductionPart I: Foundations of RiggingChapter 1: Looking UpChapter 2: Setting SailChapter 3: Rigging ItChapter 4: The Mast ItselfChapter 5: How Running Rigging Ties InChapter 6: How Sails make it all workChapter 7: Going to the TopChapter 8: Down to the BottomChapter 9: Rigging MaterialsChapter 10: Building ItPart II: Mechanics of RiggingChapter 11: When Things Go WrongChapter 12: How to Carry Out a Rig InspectionChapter 13: When To ReplaceChapter 14: Avoid Repeating Your MistakesChapter 15: Steel versus SyntheticChapter 16: A Frayed KnotChapter 17: Setting Up the Standing RiggingChapter 18: Setting Up the Running RiggingChapter 19: Tune Your SailboatAfterwordGlossaryIndex

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