Practical Boat Owner

How to check your rigging

here are plenty of ways that a mast or its rigging can fail, but there are often key telltale signs that a problem is about to develop. Fatigue is one of the biggest factors when it comes to the issues that lead to problems and lack of articulation is usually where the trouble starts. So, a good visual check where you can move each component around

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