A one/two day Safety At Sea Seminar is being offered at San Diego Yacht Club on Jan 26 & 27, 2019. This course meets off-shore racing requirements and, more important, may save your life! Click this link for more information: Read more…
Santa brought new uni-directional SK99 backstay & forestay strops from Gottifredi Maffioli! Gottifredi Maffioli, based in Italy, manufactures a wide range of high quality ropes, braids, twines and twisted yarns made of high tenacity synthetic fibres. Rigworks is proud Read more…
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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, Read more…