How to RIG a sailing dinghy - a complete dinghy rigging guide

Learn how to rig a sailing dinghy, which parts are which and where they all go! This comprehensive boat rigging guide includes several different types of sailing dinghy to show you the concepts of how to rig a boat – this should help you to understand the different systems available on different boats, so that you’ll be able to work out how to rig other boats you come across in the future. I rig 3 common single-handers and 2 double-handers or family boats, covering everything you need to know to be able ot rig just about any sailing dinghy. A lot of the concepts also apply to keelboats and yachts. You'll learn in this video: •How to rig an ILCA, Laser, Fusion and Pico. •How to rig a Wayfarer & Hartley 15. •Learn how to assemble a 2 piece mast, common on single-handers. •Learn about different halyard types, how to raise the sails and attach the sheets. •Understand a range of different common systems on boats, so you can hoist the sails on any boat. •Learn about rig tension, different systems to apply it, and how much to put on. •Learn about the different sail controls - the Outhaul, kicker or vang, and downhaul or cunningham - how to attach them and a brief introduction to what they do. •Learn about attaching the foils (rudder, centreboard, daggerboard). •Good boat etiquette to reduce the risks of entanglement. •Check the bung!! 0:00 Learn how to rig a sailing dinghy 0:06 Learn to rig a sailing dinghy 0:20 Rigging a sailing dinghy 0:27 Rig a large sailing dinghy 0:32 Turn the boat head to wind 1:01 How to rig a dinghy mast 2:08 Rigging a sailboat mast 2:45 How to put up a laser mast 3:10 How to put up a dinghy mast 3:30 How to rig a laser pico 3:54 Unfurl the mainsail 4:16 Attach a dinghy boom 4:54 Attach the boom to the mainsail 5:50 Rig the clew strap 6:10 Rig a dinghy vang 6:38 Rigging a dinghy cunningham 6:58 Attach the daggerboard 7:31 Rig a dinghy mainsheet system 8:41 Check bung is in 8:53 Attach a dinghy rudder 9:24 How to rig a double handed dinghy 9:58 Rigging a family dinghy 10:25 Rigging a jib 11:13 Rigging the jib sheets 12:40 Attach the jib halyard 13:20 Hoist the jib 13:38 How to tension dinghy rigging 14:34 How much rig tension on a dinghy 15:18 Feed the jib sheets 15:35 Rigging a roller furling jib 16:20 How to use a furling jib 16:42 Rigging the mainsail 17:29 How to tie a dinghy halyard 18:07 Hoisting the mainsail 18:50 Attach the boom to the mainsail 19:25 Secure a dinghy halyard 19:46 Attach a footed mainsail to boom 20:51 Rig the dinghy vang 21:06 Check the mainsheet 21:31 Attach the dinghy rudder 21:43 Check bung in 21:49 Tidy loose lines 22:20 Learn how to rig a sailing dinghy #sailing #learntosail #howtosail #sailfromhome #sailingbasics #sailing101