Category The Rig

You will need to reinforce the deck in places where deck fittings will be attached so that the hardware will not pull out of the thin deck material.

This is the starting page for The Rig series of the BMYS

The step-by-step process for shaping and installing fittings on your main and jib booms to prepare for final assembly of the rig.

The rigging used for raising, lowering, shaping, and controlling the sails on a sailing vessel.

The rigging that supports each mast or bowsprit on a sailing vessel and reinforces those spars against wind loads transferred from the sails. It is composed of fixed lines, wires, and rods. 

We spend so much time discussing the positions of deck fittings in the beginner’s series because of the critical relationship between the rig and the deck fitting locations. This relationship is very important to its success of a model yacht on the water. The ideal placement of these fittings is critical.

Scenarios and situations you might find yourself in when you try to figure out how to arrange your deck fittings. This includes some real boat examples.

Details on figuring the exact locations of your mast, shroud plates, jib rack, deck fairleads, and backstay bracket.