Can you explain the standing rigging configuration on the Antares 44?
The “simple” explanation for the rig is that the two sets of diamond shrouds are provided purely to keep the mast itself from bending under the variety of loads experienced with different sail configurations and sets. They allow the mast section to be kept to a practical minimum size. The diamonds cross in the middle to avoid having to carry vertical wires from one spreader to the other and then down on to the deck. That option (vertical wires) is often seen in monohulls where it is not particularly problematic, but if we did it, there would be a major obstruction on deck immediately in line below the spreaders. Looking around in a marina, you could see a number of 1, 2, 3, and even 4 spreader rigs, those above 1 being primarily on monohulls. Some multihulls have single spreader configurations, hence no “crossings”. The engineering of their spars is possibly done to different parameters. The 44 mast was engineered by Selden with the stipulation that we required a single set of shrouds
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