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The Rigging Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Sailboat Rigging(Sheridan House Guides to Boat Maintenance)


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About the Book

From YouTube’s popular Rigging Doctor channel, The Rigging Handbook is an introductory to mid-level guide 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 designs—with a focus on single-masted sloops and cutters and two-masted ketches, yawls, and schooners—as 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 rigging—including set-up and tuning—and the advantages of steel versus synthetic and polyester versus more modern fibers, enabling readers to make an informed decision about what grade of equipment to use to outfit their boats.

Table of Contents:
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

About the Author :
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, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. Currently, Herb and Maddie are back living in Baltimore as they refit a 1966 Alberg 30 into a proper cruising yacht.

Review :
“Highly useful and interesting.” “Brian Toss taught us to respect the rig. Herb Benavent picks up the thread with modern clarity and a DIY sailor’s voice. If you want to understand, inspect, and maintain your own rig—with today’s tools, materials, and realities—this is the book to have aboard. Practical, current, and confidently hands-on.”
  “This book is essential for anyone thinking about sailing in the modern world. Herby is a rare and refreshing talent, someone who embraces new ideas and materials. He will take the best of the old wisdom and add to it with his own thoughts and findings. Herby is not just a theorist; all his ideas are utilised on his own boats, which he will then sail across an ocean to test. The world could do with more sailors like him.”


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781493086009
  • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
  • Publisher Imprint: The Lyons Press
  • Height: 254 mm
  • No of Pages: 256
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: A Comprehensive Guide to Sailboat Rigging
  • ISBN-10: 1493086006
  • Publisher Date: 04 Nov 2025
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Series Title: Sheridan House Guides to Boat Maintenance
  • Width: 178 mm


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