What is Rigging?
[[File:Schema-greement-TETE.png|thumb|right|250px|{{Center|Sailboat rigging. 1.Headstay, 2.Backstay, 3.Shroud or side stay, 4.Spreaders, 5.Backstay, 7.Boom}}]] The '''rigging''' of a [[sailing ship]] is made up of the [[rope]]s and/or [[chain]]s used to support the ship's [[mast]]s, [[yard (sailing)|yard]]s and [[sail]]s.<ref name=riggingOD>{{cite web |url=https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/rigging |title=rigging |website=Oxford Dictionaries |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=January 4, 2017 |archive-date=January 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103165130/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/rigging |url-status=dead }}</ref> The '''standing rigging''' is used to support the masts.<ref name=riggingOD/> The '''running rigging''' supports the yards and sails.<ref name=riggingOD/> Some types of [[sailboats]] that have un[[wikt:supported|supported]] masts do not have any rigging.<ref name=SC>{{cite web |url=http://www.sailboat-cruising.com/sailboat-rigging.html |title=Sailboat Rigging: Part 1 - Standing Rigging |publisher=Sailboat-Cruising.com |access-date=January 4, 2017}}</ref> These include the [[junk rig]] and [[catboat]] rigs.<ref name=SC/> [[Bermuda sloop]]s with a single mast and one [[headsail]] use fairly simple rigging.<ref name=SC/> [[Ketch|Cutter-rigged ketch]]es and [[schooner]]s have the most complex rigging.<ref name=SC/> == Standing rigging == A sailing ship's standing rigging is made up of the ropes used to support the masts, yards and [[boom (sailing)|boom]]s.<ref name=sriggingHNSA>{{cite web |url=http://www.hnsa.org/resources/manuals-documents/age-of-sail/textbook-of-seamanship/standing-rigging/ |title=Standing Rigging |publisher=Historic Naval Ships Association |access-date=January 4, 2017 |archive-date=April 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426032515/http://www.hnsa.org/resources/manuals-documents/age-of-sail/textbook-of-seamanship/standing-rigging/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Most modern sailing vessels use [[wire rope]] for