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Brion Toss Yacht Riggers
February 14, 2024 · 2 min · 1K views
What this video covers
Brion Toss Yacht Riggers in Port Townsend describes their work replacing stainless steel standing rigging with modern synthetic fiber.1:12 The shop positions itself as one of few rigging operations fluent in both traditional and contemporary methods, arguing that grounding in historic fiber-rigging craft directly informs how they apply new materials.0:51 Modern fiber standing rigging offers weight savings, no corrosion or fatigue, full inspectability, and lower static tuning loads compared to stainless steel.1:23 The shop notes that for classic boats, synthetic fiber brings the rig closer to original design intent than the stainless or iron it replaces — rigging materials having gone from plant fiber to metal and now back to high-performance fiber.1:46 No specific fiber product or brand is named, and no individual boat project or failure case is detailed in this video.
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