Marconi Rigging
The marconi rig is the most common rig. It features a triangular mainsail rigged at the top of the mast at its highest point and mounted on a boom.
It was named after Guglielmo Marconi, considered one of the inventors of radio and wireless telegraphy. Indeed, its standing rigging and its great height reminded the radio transmitter towers built by the Italian inventor.
It became popular in the 1920s, but is much older. Commonly installed on modern sailboats, the name marconi is no longer used to describe it.
Bermudian Rigging
Bermuda rigging is the old name for Marconi rigging. Developed in Bermuda in the 17th century, it was used on small boats, before being adapted to the high seas, on Bermudian sloops. Easy to use, it replaced the auric rig.
Auric rigging
The auric rig is found on old and traditional boats, such as old rigging. It is characterized by a four-sided mainsail, also known as a horn sail. The latter is attached between two spars, the boom and the yardarm.
Learn to recognize an auric veil
Lateen Sail Rigging
The lateen sail rig is typical of the Mediterranean. It is characterized by a short mast, and an antenna on which a triangular sail is set. The latter is made up of two spars, the car - which is found on the lower part - rigid and which crosses the mast and the penne - on the upper part - flexible. Initially used on galleys, they are now found on pointus - traditional Mediterranean fishing boats, but also on the Sunfish dinghy.
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Boom rig
The boom rig is the one used for windsurfing. It is also called double boom because it is characterized by a double spar boom, placed on both sides of the sail and having for goal to tighten it.
