Rigging loads

[gareth harris]

Does anyone know a web site with a calculator for rigging loads?

In particular, what I need right now is the maximum tension in the shrouds under sail, so I know what loads go through the mast.

Gareth
Freyja E35 #241 1972

 

[admirals barge]

rig loading

gareth

i did a goggle search on rigging load and there are 2 sites that describe how to figure the rigging loads.

hope this helps

greg

 

[Guy Stevens]

Why use a computer?

Better even is to do it yourself.

Either use Skene's elements of yacht design, or for a book that answeres your questions and has a lot of other great information in it pick up Brion Toss' The Riggers Aprentice.

Not as hard to do as you might think, and if you do it on paper without the computer in the middle it will really give insights on how rigging works.

Guy