The Bailey Rig
All photos © Daniel J. Miller 2006
The Bailey RigAll photos © Daniel J. Miller 2006 |
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Introduction: This is a photo essay that shows the basic elements of rigging the double halyard Bailey and Improved Bailey rig on sailing canoes. Some of the gear is from a rigged Rushton Vesper that I photographed sailing on Blue Mountain Lake. Other photos are of spars in the collection of the Adirondack Museum.
This is one of the keys to the system. The double halyards are made off to the rings on the ring. Note the double block on the foredeck - the halyards will pass through this block and then go back to to cockpit where they are cleated.
From the bronze ring, the halyards pass through the spar gear and thence up to the masthead gear.
Halyards pass through mast head gear and down to double block on fore deck. The line passing through the uppermost eye is the lazyjack.
(Sorry, the jaws are sitting on top of the gear somewhat obscuring the foot gear). The foot gear is essentially a clamp on the mast, so no need for a downhaul.
The eyes on the spar and the block on the foot gear are for reefing lines.
