DYNEEMA: Making your synthetic rigging BULLET PROOF (Rigging pt. III)
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- Опубліковано 4 лют 2025
- Can your sailboat rigging hold up a 160,000lb TANK? If not, watch how I took my synthetic standing rigging to the next level! I explain everything I did to upgrade my synthetic rigging, what tools are required, and where to get them. Then a step-by-step installation process. Special thanks to Kraken Structures for the equipment and instructions.
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James, WHOA MAN!!!! This was such a GREAT VIDEO!!!! Nice work! You really showcased how this system works perfectly... I really hope you love this rig, it will get you across any ocean!
Very cool to see someone else using the “Shroud Frapping Knot” to hold their synthetic rigging.
Our setup with it is now 4 years old and doing great, even after a transatlantic.
Got that from you, thank you very much Herb.
Thanks a lot, James! Your 3 videos will enable me to convert my steel rig into dyneema as well, in october
Yes I'm a corncob pipe smoking ludite, however I changed my rigging over several years ago and love it. In my ancient life it's not smart to go offshore anymore but I've taught my kids, grandkids and great grandkids to sail my old 50s era popular mechanics day sailor. So I laughingly grumble about your comments aimed at ludites as my first surfboard was balsa and redwood you whippersnapper. Safe travels.
Hahaha. You made me laugh with that one Scott. Sounds like we would get along. Stay cool man.
Beautiful and (most importantly) effective. Between Zingaro, Rigging Doctor, and Kraken, I am ready to go to synthetic on my boat!
ROPE has been used for thousands of years sailing. Metal is the new kid on the block. I'm going UHMWPE! Thank you, good video.
Between you and Rigging Doctor, I'm a believer. I don't mind a little extra work for better DIY in remote places. And if the rigging or mast does fail, it can cut it off with a knife instead of trying to find those cutters or hacksaw that you know you have someplace and pray they haven't been rendered useless by corrosion or rust.
Thanks for sharing and for the links!
WOW!!!! Video content / production quality of this is AMAZING! The content is great, but the production level (intro, audio/sound/music, video quality / shot angles, speed, transitions, and sponsor reference) is soooooooo much better than your earlier videos! Hell, I don't sail and I want to go get some line etc just to rig shit in the back yard! Great video! Informative and quality!
Hahahaha. That made Kimmi and I laugh. Thanks bud, we‘re sending love right back at ya. The videos will continue to improve (we hope) as we learn more. It’s also an art.
James! I am loving the synthetic rigging. So cool that someone like Brian Toss got engaged and Kraken is all that with this obviously awesome upgrade. Hats off to you mate. Wow! Downsides mitigated and makes the cruising fix a reality for all. Kinda cries out for a chafe protected dyneema... hmmmm. But have to work out the after rigging sequence. Anyway this is the best. Nice going!!!
Amazing! Just amazing... Also remember that "weak points" are built into everything so they break at their weak points (for a reason)... I love being able to repair anything and everything at sea but I would be inclined to use line in an emergency after (and if) a wire broke (never happened to me but hey, it could). Windage and aerodynamics are also major issues on aircraft and boats. Lastly, every pound up a mast takes 10 pounds off the keel so weight also comes into play. I am just looking at the whole picture but still my one word is "Amazing" and Thanks for the great videos!
Yeah I would definitely recommend everyone have an emergency stay out of dyneema at least. So easy to store... I should sell those...
Great to add to your safety spare parts kit for sure!
21st century marlinspike seamanship! Gotta love it. Outstanding vid, James.
Thanks doc. Glad you liked
That was the best vid you have made, music smoking, content smoking,no girl in the vid not smoking over all a 8 on the capt lee Rictor scale.
keep safe you two....Cap. Girl worth at least two on the scale..
Thanks cap. Much appreciate that. She''ll be in there soon, don't worry.
Thanks! I just got a hold on to Rigger's Apprentice, it is actually available on shelves at the Boston Public Library.
Top notch! Looking real pro now. Ready for America Cup!
OUtstanding! Ill have dyneema on my boat in a couple months. I love that you don't need to find a rigger and special parts to be able to replace/repair it yourself. YOur's looks pretty bulletproof. I hope to see a status report in 10 years.
Great video. Enjoyed the information. The colors port n starboard was cool
Love it! It’s a lot of work, but I can appreciate the strength and versatility of using rope. Thanks for the vid
Dyneema really does seem to be the future in rigging, Great video.
Awesome! I’m definitely changing my rigging to dyneema. But first I’m going to do the safety lines for some experience.
Yeah... I missed the hotty too.
OUTSTANDING instructional series tho’. Never seen anything close on dyneema standing rigging.
Wow........You've really perfected Weaving. The thing about a Rope over Cable is you don't have to worry about getting poked by fraid cable.
Love the colors!! We’re doing dyneema on our boat too! Nice to see others having success with it.
Hi guys! Nice to meet you. Nice choice on rigging. It’s gotten us about 4,000nm so far. We’re fans. I find I fine tune my rig more now. Didn’t used to do that, but I like always knowing it’s perfect.
Love your rigging tutorials, I'm definitely gonna change my whole setup to dyneema.
WOW James, that rig looks super cool! It's a mix of high-tech and old school! I looks like the old deadeye rigging on the old clippers. I will be looking into dyneema when I have to replace my rigging.
I like it makes sense to be able to repair it yourself. Looks awesome with the red and green nice touch.
Great video!!! Love the real in your posts. It takes a true sailor to get excited about new rigging
Hey James. Great video. Thanks for it. Good to see you post again.
Makes a lot of sense to remove the need of being in a marina in case of problems.
Cheers.
..nice, like the RED/GRN , PORT/STBD whipping... correction.. I like it all.. like the color coordinated whipping cherry on top
love your dyneema and instructional vids. you got skills. be careful out there.
@9:28 "knot that hard to do" get it? love you man, keep it up.
I was just at Brion Toss'es shop Thursday, saw all the stuff he is working with there now, this new line is some bad ass stuff!
I am getting ready to have him take my mast down and inspect it for me, the blocks he is using are different, they are the 3 holers just like the old timey sailing ships ran.
Going to see if I can get him to sit down for a video interview sometime this winter in the slow season.
Ooh yeah those are slick. Mucho $$$ though. Too much for me, but may retrofit them in later. Nice guy. Glad he’s out of bed, he was still hurt last we spoke.
GReat to see you guys! Damn, I LIKE that! Red and Green so you know which side of the boat you're on, lol. Handy in the Fog...I like the idea of Fixable At Sea, too.
Really nice video, mate. I'm now prepared to start looking at boats with conventional rigs as a trade up from my cat ketch, simply because there is now an option for standing rigging to be serviced and maintained by the sailor himself. Super informative video series.....thanks.
I watched your earlier video on splicing. THANKS! Great stuff
She's looking more and more ready for you to visit Australia 🇦🇺
Coming that way mano!!!
Even the sunglasses changed in the trickshot ;)
An interesting Vid James. Good presentation on Boat maintenance. You have a great approach as we are always learning. Thankyou to you both. Look forward to future Vids. Cheers.
Top notch again ! Great Dyneema update. Thanks for the links.
Super hot rigging and video James 👍
Good for you! Looking fresh like you got rid of some excess weight.
thanks man! saw you in narcos, anything else i should look for?
Rock on Dude ! Regards from Africa ! Bullet Proof!!!
This is the duse i told you about, you guy's also have the same cat i think.
@@robertbosman5398 two totally different cats. But James has the same cat as Tulas Endless Summer. Minor differences.
Yes i know and i think its also the same one as Lady Afrika.
@@robertbosman5398 totally different.
I really enjoy your Tech videos!! I hope to become a Patron soon.
nicely done
thanks for the heads up on Brian's book. like this direction of the vids.
ship's looking very fine.
Thank TJ.
Pura vida right on with sailing
Nice work brother
The Monsters are alive!! Cheers guys gr8 to see you back. Loving it!🦍
You see I was talking to ya in this one mano...
Sailing Zingaro thats right! Thanks, killer. You guys have to get your arses over here to Magical land of Oz. Your killing these instructionals by the way. Have passed this around to people I havent been able to talk into the change over. Best demonstration videos series on the net. Stay well.
Cool Man, well done and thanks for sharing
Killer vid bro id trust the new tech. your gettin real good at that dyneema . that riggin looks sweet. glad to see your still out there love your vids. now i wanna go play with ropes. Peace and be safe out there.
Thanks Coop.
Whoa !!! Who's that guy? It's like supercharged sv Zingaro 2 point oh!!!
You could use a sound editor like Audacity (free) to remove that background noise such as the engine. Your Dyneema videos are great, loving this, thanks.
Always adding content value.
Well James.. When you're right you're right ....That is some drop dead sexy rigging .... Im sold.... Best wishes and ............Cheers .
I wonder if there is a fitting similar to the closed thimble, more like just a ring that the lashing could go through; then there would be no need for the deadeye since the lashings could connect right between the ring and the shroud thimble. Anyway great vid and really helpful to see you working through this! Thanks man!
Had the same thought. It is hard to find rings that are strong enough.....I've looked. Coligo basically does this with the 3 holed tensioning ring
Ok, now that's a work of art! 👍
love your new opening!
Vere Vas Da Kimmy? Ve Vant Za Kimmy! Seriously, great vid!! You are really becoming an old salt! Have fun, be safe, love seeing you get proficient at this stuff. Can't wait till the next one. :o)
I have no idea what you're talking about... But, still a fun video to watch... Also, not knowing anything about sailing... that is dead sexy!
Great job, thanks
Damn.....Now you gots me thinkin !! Great video and great info. Rock on dude !!
Great episode. Well done.
QUESTION - What about a forestay with a furling jib? We have a Schafer CF unit. Ty - Great video!
No way bro. Still not for me. But damn you have some skills now .and you have perfected the art. If i were you load youre boat up with this shit and you will get rigging jobes everywhere you go. Its not for me ,but its for a lot of other people for sure.
Way to go and for making waves in conventional rigging.
It fits youre boat style perfectly.
Totally cool stuff. You definitely want something repairable when you're cruising. But for me that would be extra staloks, wedges and 1x19 cable. It's cheaper than dyneema double braid for same working load. There are youtube videos with people having used synthetic standing rigging lasting ten years.
Have you seen the aluminum structure on the stern of Tulas Endless Summer? You might want to do something similar. They just redid theirs. It holds their radar, solar and dingy. Pretty cool.
Problem is my steering system is very different than Billy’s. Davits won’t work for me. Plus that’s a lot of weight on the back....
James...this has to be your best vid ever! Great DIY. Great commentary, great music and great cameraman, (woman) BRAVO! I want to wake up and be YOU! Then I get the cool ringing AND the girlfriend! HA! PEACE OUT! Ü
Thanks bro. :) Much love. Appreciate the kind words.
Holy hell. What a great change. Love the new vid style!
Also, can you talk a bit about UV? I think we all know that half-inch Dyneema is the shit for strength, but what about sun damage?
Thanks. Glad you like. UV is a problem, but it takes a LONG time to damage the fibers enough to matter. 10+ years. One thing you can do is put dyneema chafe sleeve over everything, then it's really bulletproof, but it's $$$ (like $3-$4/ft). Sun does leech the color out quick. In 6 mos or so it'll be bleached pretty bad.
looks cool as well. Great Vid
Beautiful
Very cool How often do you need to retune it?
I have probably missed this between you and the rigging doctor, your vids are great, and thank you. Is this an all or none situation ? what do you do with headstay / jib furling systems and your backstay / doubling as antenna ? can those be kept as wire or is there a way to make those synthetic wihout losing funcionality ?
Forestay should stay wire. Can’t see it under the furler for chafing issues. Obviously plastic doesn’t conduct so you’d have to get an external wire. Or leave the backstays and forestay and change the rest... but at that point... what’s the point.
Totally bad ass bro!! I’ve been liking to switch my rig over to dyneema and you just sold that shit for me Hahahaha totally doing it now!!
Cool man, be patient, it's an art. Worth learning though.
Sailing Zingaro totally bro!! Just switched my lifelines over to dyneema and I’m working at the local boat yard leaving tons and have all the tools at my disposal!!
Nicely done J. Don't be surprised if you have to re-splice it. No big deal. Dyneema stretches a LOT.
James, how long do you have to keep the tension on before all the initial "set up" stretch has been removed? If that makes sense?
Thank you and great Video.
So the frapping line is what’s holding everything in place? The end of your red tensioning line is just loose and secured by the velcro strap?
Thanks!
If you would invest in a back up wind turbine you could avoid running your engine if its cloudy run the wind turbine or simply switch over when the sun goes down and it will charge at night if theirs any wind at all
You guys have been off the map for so long that the YT system didn't even put this vid into my recommendations list. About 12 minutes 15 seconds ago I started exhibiting some serious Zingaro withdrawal symptoms. What with the fact that your last vid was only a mere 3 minutes and change in length. I was running a high temperature, I was more than a little shaky, and was even kinda sea sick... But I was still able to run a YT search inquiry to see what the heck was up with The Legend of Zingaro. Now what do I find? Well I find out that this vid was posted FIVE DAYS AGO...
Talk about being a seriously disappointed Zingaro junkie. I'm going through the DT's and my video heroin was actually at my fingertips for the last freaking five days? I could have died from an under dose.
No foolin... I was seriously Jonesing for my sailing video drug of choice... While for five days my fix was already in waiting for me to consume it. Still... I have to admit that it was worth the wait James. The opening was very well put together. The drone shots were very artistic... That mixed with the sound track made my suffering from the lack of the Zingaro tonic go away almost instantaneously. And not a moment too soon I might add.
I am very happy to see you so supercharged about your new rigging. The new Dyneema set-up looks strong. I think it was a really intelligent touch to use the color coding for both the Port and Starboard sides. That could help tremendously in a pinch if your quick decision making processes are a little frayed at the edges due to lack of sleep, or possibly an over abundance of the spirits, or both, in some crazy unsuspecting sea fairing emergency situation. If in fact you can't tell your Starboard Right from your Red Port Wine Left now your boat will have the quick answer for you. In the words of Forrest Gump. "It's just one less thing."
Just an excellent idea all the way around and from side to side. If you know what I mean?
I really missed you two. I don't think a video a month is going to quell this addiction Captain. Something must be done to help me out.
Send my love to Frau Kimberly. Tell her that I always notice when she is M.I.A. and I await her lovely presence (hopefully) in your next installment.
Take care. sincerely. your friend... Dean O. :-I
Awe buddy. I just read that to Kimmi and she’s all smiles. Thanks for that. I’ve got some cool stuff to share with you, write me an email or FB message.
Ahoy S/V Zingaro... An e-mail is coming at you via your website contact page. It is always so nice to hear from you James. And it's always nice to find out that I made Frau Kimberly smile. Nobody in their right mind would ever get tired of that... Ever! :-I
Was wondering where you have been!
I had gotten a little worried myself...
Great video..
So cool love it
Hi James
I am changing out the standing rigging on a 21' American Fiberglass. I bought the boat a year ago and I have yet to put it on the water. The side stays are going super. I have not seen anything in your videos on how you addressed the back stays. I am sure your boat is rigged differently then mine, but I would still like to see how you did the back stay?
Thank Perry
Hey bro my backstays were cascading 16:1 purchase dyneema, using frictionless rings and 2 harken blocks. I only needed that because my main had so much roach I couldn't tack without it, plus it was nice to be able to adjust them. You can do it static just like the side shrouds. I've got pics somewhere... buried in a 10tb drive. If you really need you can email me. I can at least draw it for you.
Very interesting!
Can you use a loos gauge on dyneema?
Amazing
Great vídeo man, just duck tape chafing points or use similar better tape..sunbrella is good maybe if u can stich it on...
Ahaha. That would be ghetto as hell. I like it. Fits the boat. We’re going to make Velcro sunbrella pieces to go over.
@@thelastpirate I was going to say: just duck tape that shit..but out of respect to the audience...:) you could use leather sawn like old times it ll look better on zingaro style ..best luck!
Yeah that’s the plan, like a leather burrito, just for the lashings, as the exterior shroud has protection.
@@thelastpirate hey man I saw zing a r of at Salinas !! How long r u staying in Ecuador ?
I WILL be doing this to my boat when I get to that point in the refit. Thanks James for the most informative vid. Side note, What do you do for the roller furler? Does that remain stainless?
Yes, stainless. Replacing it now (last) as a matter of fact. I hear people have synthetic forestays, but I wouldn’t trust it under the furler.... chafe
Nice.
Nice 👌. 👍👍👍
What is the total cost difference between the two types of rigging?
James, you handy as a pocket on a shirt !
Sorry I must have missed something... how do you tighten the shrouds without bottle screws ?
Put them on a winch. Doesn’t take much longer, though it makes tuning a bit trickier.
Another great video love your tee shirt one question how do know the tension of the rigging on wire rigging we use a tension gauge is there something similar that you use anyway great video cheers
Also do you use it for forestay with furler
Forestay - no. It’s possible, but most people stay with wire (pun intended). I don’t use a gauge, never had one, but I suppose you could retrofit one to work with dyneema. Or just tune it, go sailing, tune again, sail again, till it’s right....
James/Kimi Did y'all get new camera equipment?? This looks way clearer than some of the older ones...
Same one, just getting better at choosing angles and lighting... we did get a new GoPro 5 so the underwater shots we’re getting now are seriously awesome. Turns out video is hard to do correctly. lol.
What about UV damage ?
You are badass i subsrcribe to you! One day i will sail smoking cigars in the middle of indian ocean while drinking coffee and listen to metallica song wherever i may roam!!
Thanks Don! Love this comment. Nice song choice.
How does it stand up to UV
So once under tension there's no knot, that grey binding just holds it by friction?
What is the life of the dynema line just curious
Did you take the outer sheath of some nylon Sampson braid off it's core and put it over the Dyneema for chafing protection ? What is the Turks head knot ? I must have missed that along the way. What's with the very fine braid on the new Dead Eyes ? Is it dyneema covered with nylon ?
Start watching at 6:44...he explains that.
So the cover on the deadeyes is actually dyneema chafe cover, and the cover over the outer shrouds is just an old 1/2" line that I took the core out of. I should have mentioned the difference. www.marlowropes.com/product/chafe-sleeve-dyneema
And the Turks Head knot is a decorative knot to keep the deadeye together. Looks way cooler than the frapping knot I used on the first ones. It's a PITA to tie though. Just warning you.
How many inches has your Dyneema 3/8" rigging stretched from the day you first installed it till now?
I'd do dyneema rigging if the tensioning could be done by a turn buckle. Or have I missed something?
They have it for smaller boats. www.colligomarine.com/
You can add a SS turnbuckle if you'd like..although if you watched James earlier videos on the rigging you would realize you don't really need them, but a picture with the turnbuckle static1.squarespace.com/static/556621c8e4b02628a8d3bde8/56055583e4b02c0c1c4806cc/560555a7e4b0a2d546f3db42/1443190247755/photo+1-2.JPG?format=750w
I've seen it done. They don't have a ton of travel. You'd have to get all the construction stretch out, then after a month add it in. Then re-splice the shroud when there was no travel left in the turnbuckle. Maybe if you used pre-heated pre-stretched Dux or dyneema. May I ask why you feel that way?
I might not have been paying attention but how do you adjust all at once? Adjusting each one is an operation. With steel you can go round the boat and adjust all at once, without setup. This is quite important isnt it?
Colligo Marine uses turnbuckles... they prestretch it all for you. More expensive, but idiot proof for us as newer sailors. 😝 We have a Morgan 462, 30,000 lb boat.
whats the weight difference for the whole rig?
I wish I knew. Had to be near 100lb. I changed everything out in stages and don’t have a scale. Just guessing there, but all that wire and hardware adds up.