Yachting - Rigger

About: Yachting - Rigger

The 'rigging' on a boat is all the lines, ropes and wires on a boat. So being a rigger, it is your job to replace, install or inspect these. It's a crucial job and one that is always in demand. You could find yourself working on a small sailboat or at the top of a 40ft mast on a racing boat.

Being a yacht rigger can involve unstepping and stepping masts on new boats, and old mast for boats going in for repairs or refits, or being re-rigged. Making new standing rigging from wire and rod. Making new running rigging, including splicing a range of rope, from three strand to high tech dyneema materials. Inspecting masts for damage and reporting findings. Key skills are lots of measuring and being accurate, and a great attention to detail is needed.

Yacht riggers spend a lot of time on or around the water and almost as much hanging from the top of a mast working, so you'll need a head for heights!!