Sails and Rigging
12.3
12.2 The Mast
The main and most vital rig component is the mast. It
carries the sails and is supported by the standing rig-
ging as shown in Fig. 12.10, also shown is the Standing
Rigging Furling Fig 12.11 and Fig. 12.12 for standing
rigging details.
Your Hunter features the B&R rig; a design by Lars
Bergstrom and Sven Ridder. The design was born in the
70’s and has been used on ocean racers as well as world
cruisers producing tremendous success. The B&R rig is
designed to eliminate inner forestays, backstays, and
running backstays. The 30-degree sweptback spreaders
and reverse diagonals support the mast sideways, fore,
and aft and the shrouds are discontinuous. Weight is
minimized and using a smaller mast section maximizes
airflow to the main. The angles between the shrouds and
forestay equal an even 120-degree triangle that evenly
spreads the load of the mast.
On the following pages you will find the lists of dimen-
sions for the conventional and furling standing riggings.
In Fig. 12.3 shows standard running rigging layout and
furling running rigging layout is shown in Fig. 12.4
Fig.12.3
1 Optional spinnaker halyard
2 Jib halyard
3 #2 Reef
4 Vang line
5 #1 Reef
6 Mainsheet
7 Main halyard
Standard Running Rigging
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