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SEA AND AIR
Rigging BOWSPRIT AND JIB BOOM
Outer jib stay
Inner jib stay
MOST SAILING SHIPS HAVE TWO TYPES OF RIGGING. Standing rigging—kept taut by rigging
screws or old-fashioned lanyards and deadeyes—refers to the ropes, wires, and chains
Inner jib tack
that support the masts and yards (horizontal spars). Running rigging, which
includes types of block and tackle, halyards, and sheets, is Bowsprit
cap
used to hoist, lower, or trim sails. Fore topmast
staysail tack
Fore stay Jib boom
Whisker boom
Upper deadeye
Lower deadeye Butterfly plate
Chain plate Bowsprit
Foot
rope
Boom guy
block Spear
Martingale Martingale
backrope (dolphin striker) Lizard
Chain bobstay
Eye
plate
lug
Handle
Parallel
shaft
OTHER RIGGING
FITTINGS MAST BAND
BELAYING PIN
Arse (breech) Running part
STANDING BLOCK
Lug Shoulder
SHACKLE
Crown Eye
Crown
Clear Jaw
Screw thread Swivel
becket Lug Soft eye Served eye
Shank Shell splice Standing part
Hauling part (fall)
Shoulder
Eye RIGGING TOOLS
SHACKLE PIN
Sailmaker’s
whipping
BLOCK AND TACKLE
(PURCHASE)
RIGGER’S GAUGE FOR MEASURING THE
DIAMETER OF ROPE OR WIRE
Flemish coil
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