Question – When should I replace my standing rigging? From the Rigger – According to industry standards, the anticipated lifespan for stainless steel rigging is 10-12 years for wire and 15-20 years for rod. Of course, a number of factors affect a rig’s lifespan including load, sailing conditions, mileage sailed, Read more…
Have you heard? …Rigworks owner Ray Pope is selling his Soverel 33 ‘Waterworks’ for an amazing price. And given what we do for a living, you can be sure that the rig is in GREAT condition. This boat is race ready and has been maintained to the highest standards, including Read more…
Our last ‘Ask the Rigger’ about going aloft generated a lot of interest in our Falls Systems, the hardware we use to pull ourselves up a mast. Here is a picture of a system that we just made for one of our customers. These systems are custom-made to the dimensions Read more…
Question: How do you get to the top of the mast? From the Rigger: It is amazing how often we get this question. One of the realities that keeps us busy is that most people don’t feel comfortable hoisting themselves up a mast to retrieve a halyard, mount a wind Read more…
Check out the new Beneteau 44.7 mast that just arrived from Sparcraft in North Carolina. With limited supply and high demand for masts in the United States, we have waited quite awhile for this beautiful 68′ tall rig. Thank you to the team at Sparcraft who built it for us Read more…
Check out the new Forespar Vang that we spec’d and installed on a beautiful Swan 43. With so many changes in the marine industry, new vangs are hard to find, but Forespar continues to be a reliable source. Our riggers took all the appropriate measurements, ordered the vang, re-fabricated and Read more…
A dirty winch performs poorly and can actually be a risk to your crew. We just pulled apart these Lewmar self-tailing winches and found a lot of dirt and damage inside. Even a winch that looks pretty good on the outside can accumulate internal crud that needs to be addressed. Read more…
We never get tired of the view from aloft! This is taken from the masthead of a lovely Swan 56′ where our riggers are installing a new forestay, a Reckmann furler and halyards. We also serviced all the hydraulic systems, mostly Navtec, throughout the boat.
Rigworks has been supporting sailors for 25 years. We never get tired of compliments on the work that we do. I came in this morning to an email from one of our regular customers in Hawaii. We sent him a rod rigging package, and he responded… “Everything aloft nailed it Read more…
Replacing standing rigging (the wire or rod that keeps your mast standing… shrouds, forestays, backstays) can be a Pandora’s Box. Our riggers never know exactly what they will find when they disassemble your existing rig. Tip cups are always a source of angst. Located at the end of the spreaders, Read more…