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PARTING SHOT

‘In practice it’s a nail-biting process, akin to having a very large tooth removed’

You don’t truly know your boat until you’ve re-rigged her. In our 12 years of full time sailing we’ve completely replaced all our standing rigging wires twice and a few shrouds are now on their third round. Through these changes we’ve learnt an awful lot about what I’ve come to think of as the ‘dark art of rigging’.

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