Tuesday, December 6, 2011  Star Rigging - Perth Style  Former
APS employee Ian Coleman is down in Perth, Western Australia
getting ready for the ISAF Worlds. Racing with Andrew Campbell
in the Star Fleet, the skipper and crew want to do well.  If
they do, they will have the opportunity to represent the US in
the London Olympics in summer 2012.  Sailing at such a high
level all the time wreaks havoc on rigging. For example, Ian
estimates all of the Star's running rigging needs to be replaced
twice a year, which for them means 2-3 major events including at
least 1 week (often times more) of practice leading up to each
event...  Most of these events take a week or more.  To make a
long story short - let's just say, this isn’t your grandmother’s
rigging.  To be sure all their rigging is up to the task for the
big event, Ian worked to put together some control lines,
sheets, and running rigging for the boat. Here's what he came up
with:  Fine Tune Backstay 5:1 and Checkstay 4:1  Ian used two
colors of 1/4" Marlow