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Comment by Clyde A. Phillips on September 18, 2017 at 12:49am

Please remember that not all of my "rigging drawings" are of use; one depicts the layout of the bench in my rigging loft on which I cut the standing rigging to length.  All it shows are the relative locations of the pins driven into the bench of each piece of rigging.  Lengths are not given because once the bench is set up correctly you do not need to know the actual length.  It's a process of measuring once and cutting many times.

Remember also that I drew these only for me to maintain my memory.  These are not pictures to train new riggers.  But there is a lot of information on the drawings to be of help to other people.  

One final note that covers most of the measurements on the Newporters.  The "current measurement" of any piece of wood, wire, rope, or whatever was always up for grabs.  I remember at one point that the length of the main mast changed almost drastically.  This also changed the lengths of the standing rigging associated with that mast.  Assuming that the tangs for the lower shrouds and the forestay stayed at the same site, it would not change the lower shroud lengths.  But the jib stay, the upper shrouds, and the spring stay all where changed in length and they had to be changed.

Posted Sept 18, 2017

Comment by bob mitchell on September 17, 2017 at 3:40am

          As far as I know all the priceless diagrams come from Captain Clyde, who actually worked at the Newporter boat yard on the East Coast. There are several more Newporter diagrams. It would certainly be worth your time to review the information on his two websites (link in lower right of Main page). Also you can use the search engine in upper right corner of this site to access mast rebuild photos and experiences.   ALL INFORMATION YOU NEED IS ON THIS SITE AND Clyde's SITE.