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Workshops
Spend an intense weekend with Master Rigger, Brion Toss, his crew of highly skilled riggers, plus special guests, in our most popular workshops. These workshops were originally born from Brion's Rigger Apprenticeship Program. After numerous requests from professionals and the general public we took our favorites and made them available to everyone. Our days are packed with information from the handouts you will receive as well as lots of hands-on exercises. All the tools and materials you will need for the class will be provided, unless otherwise stated. |
Workshop - Rig Your Boat Weekend Seattle, WA June 27 -28, 2009
$450.00
A Weekend Workshop with special guest Carol Hasse of Port Townsend Sails.
Spend an intense weekend with Master Rigger, Brion Toss, his crew of highly skilled riggers, plus special guests, in our most popular workshops. These workshops were originally born from Brion's Rigger Apprenticeship Program. After numerous requests from professionals and the general public we took our favorites and made them available to everyone. Our days are packed with information from the handouts you will receive as well as lots of hands-on exercises. All the tools and materials you will need for the class will be provided, unless otherwise stated.
Get hands-on experience with drills, taps, rivets, tuning gauges, deck hardware, and more. Plus basic information on component sizing and arrangement. ALSO, basic splicing, Stalok installation, rig layout and design/load considerations. This class details the skills and ideas needed to put a fully functional rig in your boat. Bring your rig specifications, sail and rig plan, calculator and ideas. Cost: $450.
Big Thanks to Fisheries Supply for being our Workshop Sponsor!
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Workshop - Rig Your Boat Weekend Port Townsend, WA November, 2009
$450.00
Spend an intense weekend with Master Rigger, Brion Toss, his crew of highly skilled riggers, plus special guests, in our most popular workshops. These workshops were originally born from Brion's Rigger Apprenticeship Program. After numerous requests from professionals and the general public we took our favorites and made them available to everyone. Our days are packed with information from the handouts you will receive as well as lots of hands-on exercises. All the tools and materials you will need for the class will be provided, unless otherwise stated.
Get hands-on experience with drills, taps, rivets, tuning gauges, deck hardware, and more. Plus basic information on component sizing and arrangement. ALSO, basic splicing, Stalok installation, rig layout and design/load considerations. This class details the skills and ideas needed to put a fully functional rig in your boat. Bring your rig specifications, sail and rig plan, calculator and ideas. Cost: $450.
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Workshop - Coast Guard Spar and Rigging Inspection Workshop Hawaii, Sept 4 2009
$1,400.00
Brion Toss and fellow rig surveyor John Koon have tailored this course to fit the needs of Coast Guard inspectors. Covering fundamentals of rig design, fabrication, and maintenance, along with methods for detecting and assessing rig damage and decay. Guest speakers will address specialized areas of concern, including metallurgy, sailmaking (the sail/rig interface), necessary math including trigonometry and calculus.
Even great design can be undone by poor execution. Sometimes bad quality is a matter of poor quality materials; sometimes a matter of lack of skill on the partof the fabricator or installer; sometimes a combination of all these things. Because poor quality by definition is not as reliable or efficient as good quality, it results in a lower factor of safety, and thus less predictability of behavior, more rapid degradation of strength, and a greater likelihood of failure. Therefore, it is sometimes necessary to condemn a rig, not because the design is bad, or the components corroded, but because the rig as installed cannot safely do its job.
Do bring camera, flashlight, binoculars, and if you have it - a pocket microscope.
Cost $1400.00 per person. Enrollment limited to 24.
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