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*April 2013

Strictly Sail - Pacific

  • Brion presents 5 Seminars

Jack London Square, Oakland , CA

April 11 - 14

*May 2013

Rig Your Boat

  • Brion hosts a Weekend of  Hands - On Rigging

Brion's Rigging Loft - Port Townsend, WA

May 27 & 28

By the way - you and your wife/ partner might want to make it a seminar weekend - one of you attend Hasse's Sail Maintenance class and one of your attend Brion's Hands- on Rigging Workshop.

Rig Your Boat

The purpose of this workshop is to show you how to "get into your rig". This will involve, among other things, getting you into a climbing harness to practice professional-grade aloft protocols, learning the niceties of deck layout, getting your hands on all sorts of tools, and practicing techniques  that  make them work in challenging situations! You will learn braided rope splicing, tips on  tuning, how to select the correct hardware, standing rigging, and running rigging through load calculations. Also the basics of managing rig installation, and much more.

You will work hands-on to get the details , the skills and ideas needed to put a fully functional rig in your  boat. 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.Bring your rig specifications, sail and rig plan, calculator and ideas. Bring your boat too! 

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Notes: have you read Brion's book - The Rigger's Apprentice? You might want to zip through it before the workshop.  He will be working out the math for your boat with you in class...but it does help to have a  read through first. We have it - of course - and can send it to you now ...or your library will probably have it.

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Are you bringing your boat? If you need moorage - call the port of Port Townsend 385.2828 and mention that you are in Brion's class for best rates. . Workshop Fee $450. Weekend  Discount on Tools and DVDs.  Order your Offshore Rig Repair Kit.

 

*October 2013

Rig Your Boat

  • Brion hosts a Weekend of  Hands - On Rigging

Brion's Rigging Loft - Port Townsend, WA

October 12 & 13

 

please see workshop description above.

Past Calender:

*January 2012

Chicago Strictly Sail Boat Show

  • Brion presents 5 Seminars

The Navy Pier, Chicago

Jan 26 - Feb29

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Rig Loads, Big Loads

A sailboat can generate tons of force when it powers up its rig. This is fine, as long as the rigging system is designed and fabricated to deal safely with all that power. Join rigger Brion Toss as he demonstrates the loads that rig components bear, how to establish safety factors, and how all that energy can be channeled into moving your boat. 

Rigging Basics

Fundamental procedures, from a rigging raconteur. Learn about “eyeball engineering”, rig tuning,  knots and splices, drilling and tapping, epoxy-potting, deck layout, how to point a stripper arm, why you should probably turn your Genoa cars around, andmore.

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Brion's Sponsors for Strictly Sail and Seattle Boat Show

New England Ropes and Hayn Marine Rigging

SEATTLE BOAT SHOW

Brion presents 6 Seminars

Century Link Field

  • Jan 30 - Feb 5

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*February 2012

Brion will speak at the Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building

Port Hadlock, Wa

  • Feb 9

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*March 2012

SPRING BOATING SYMPOSIUM

Brion will be a speaker and panel  discussion leader

NorthWest Maritime Center - Port Townsend.

March 16 - 19, 2012

  Note from March 20, 2011    - this is the morning after report - WOW ! We will do this again - watch for the announcement !

  What a weekend at our NW Maritime Center - Spring Sailing Symposium. Great workshops and the weekend ended on with a  

  really upbeat panel discussion  "Jury Rigging and Damage Control " moderated by Chuck Hawley - with Brion ,Lin and Larry 

  Pardey,  Marc Shrader of Ocean Watch , Steve D'Antonio, and  Chris Bugnoli.   Even the presenters made time to listen in on     other  presentations during the loaded weekend agenda - The Symposium was a great success Hope you can be here next year!

 

Southwest International Boat Show

Brion will be a speaker and panel  discussion leader

Houston, Texas

March 22- 25

 

RIG YOUR BOAT

Hands - on Weekend Workshop in the particulars of Sail Boat Rigging

Brion's Rigging Loft, Port Townsend

  • March 31- April 1

The purpose of this workshop is to show you how to "get into your rig". This will involve, among other things, getting you into a climbing harness to practice professional-grade aloft protocols, learning the niceties of deck layout, getting your hands on all sorts of tools, and practicing techniques  that  make them work in challenging situations! You will learn braided rope splicing, tips on  tuning, how to select the correct hardware, standing rigging, and running rigging through load calculations. Also the basics of managing rig installation, and much more.

You will work hands-on to get the details , the skills and ideas needed to put a fully functional rig in your  boat. 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.Bring your rig specifications, sail and rig plan, calculator and ideas. Bring your boat too! 

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Notes: have you read Brion's book - The Rigger's Apprentice? You might want to zip through it before the workshop.  He will be working out the math for your boat with you in class...but it does help to have a  read through first. We have it - of course - and can send it to you now or your library will probably have it.

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Are you bringing your boat? If you need moorage - call the port of Port Townsend 385.2828 and mention that you are in Brion's class - that way you will get the best rates. Workshop Fee $450.

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*April 2012

     

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*July28-29, 2012

RIG YOUR BOAT

A Weekend Workshop in the Particulars of Sail Boat Rigging

Brion's Rigging Loft   

July 28 -29

See October 2012 for class description - below

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*September 2012

Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival

Brion's Rigging Loft

September 7- 9

Come see us during the festival at our loft in the festival grounds - first floor of the Sail Loft Bldg - see Contact Us  above

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*October 2012

RIG YOUR BOAT

A Weekend Workshop in the Particulars of Sail Boat Rigging

Brion's Rigging Loft

Port Townsend

October 13 & 14     

Brion's Loft - October Port Townsend < click to sign up on line

By the way - you and your wife/ partner might want to make it a seminar weekend - one of you attend Hasse's Sail Maintenance class and one of your attend Brion's Hands- on Rigging Workshop.

Rig Your Boat

The purpose of this workshop is to show you how to "get into your rig". This will involve, among other things, getting you into a climbing harness to practice professional-grade aloft protocols, learning the niceties of deck layout, getting your hands on all sorts of tools, and practicing techniques  that  make them work in challenging situations! You will learn braided rope splicing, tips on  tuning, how to select the correct hardware, standing rigging, and running rigging through load calculations. Also the basics of managing rig installation, and much more.

You will work hands-on to get the details , the skills and ideas needed to put a fully functional rig in your  boat. 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.Bring your rig specifications, sail and rig plan, calculator and ideas. Bring your boat too! 

.

Notes: have you read Brion's book - The Rigger's Apprentice? You might want to zip through it before the workshop.  He will be working out the math for your boat with you in class...but it does help to have a  read through first. We have it - of course - and can send it to you now ...or your library will probably have it.

.

Are you bringing your boat? If you need moorage - call the port of Port Townsend 385.2828 and mention that you are in Brion's class for best rates. . Workshop Fee $450. Weekend  Discount on Tools and DVDs.  Order your Offshore Rig Repair Kit.

A letter from one of our workshop students:

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Tuesday, September 28, 2010 10:43 AM
To: Director, BTYR
Subject: Rigging Workshop

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Christian,

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Thanks to you and especially Brion for the workshop. I learned a lot!!

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I didn't get a chance to fill out our comment sheet - so I will try to here.

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I expected to get out, and did, a better understanding of the rigging on our boat. This was a main thrust (I think) of the workshop. I will look with a better educated eye at rigging from now on.
I got a lot of questions answered - and even a few that I was never even considering!
The workshop was a complete success.


Everything was excellent. Brion's manner in presentation was engaging and his approach to questions and patience with them and the many comments and "helpful" suggestions on topics that we sometimes offered...


What I liked best about the workshop was the rapid fire exchange of information. I like to be challenged when I attend these. The give and take was good. There was not a lot of time wasted on explanations etc. Brion read us very well and kept stuff from becoming too boring...

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I enjoyed the weekend. There is much to do on our boat - and I will be contacting you for help.

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Thanks again to Brion, Sean and you Christian.

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Blair Fraser
White Rock, Canada.

 

 

     Would you like to bring Brion to be a speaker at  your Sailing Club? or Fund Raiser?  contact us:   360.385.1080   office@briontoss.com       

Education Links:

Double Braid Eye Splice How-to Instructions (PDF) - click here.

Lifted from Brion's  series   Working Rope - Field Guides for Rigging - book 5  Basic Rope Splices

Spartalk - click here.

The BTYR message board for yacht riggers - experienced and those needing some tips and assistance. The best resource for up-to-date help in rigging questions! This is a great place to post questions to Brion, as he monitors this site, or click on Consultation above.

Puzzler  - click here.

Each month we devise another question to test your rigging skills. Monthly drawings from winners for a prize!

Recommended Reading List - click here.

Rigging is more about information than about wire and rope....

Recommended Links - click here.  

We get to work with some really great people  who are doing great things with rope and wire...

 
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