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URL:https://www.iims.org.uk/events/masts-rigs-sails-online-webinar/
SUMMARY:Masts\, Rigs & Sails online webinar
DESCRIPTION:This webinar is being delivered by Nick Parkyn\, who recently d
 elivered a highly successful presentation on HMPE synthetic rigging. Pleas
 e note the time is UK London.\n\nThis time\, the subject of Nick's webinar
  is Masts\, Rigs &amp\; Sails\, something of a specialism for him. It will
  be essential viewing for any yacht and small craft marine surveyor whose 
 job it is to inspect and report on such equipment.\n\nNick has an extensiv
 e background in both the marine and information technology disciplines. An
  IIMS member\, he is based in Queensland\, Australia. His work in the mari
 ne industry includes marine surveying\, yacht and small craft design and m
 arine software development. He holds the DipMarSur Diploma in yacht and sm
 all craft surveying and has presented numerous papers at marine conference
 s and written many technical articles too.\n\nIn this extensive webinar\, 
 Nick plans to cover the following:\n• Introduction\n\n• Types of rigs\
 nTraditional rigs - Junk Rig - Lateen Rig - Crabs Claw - Gaff Rig - Bermud
 a Rig\n\n• Apparent Wind\n\n• Rig evolution for fast sailing craft: mu
 ltihulls and foiling monohulls\n\n• Wide head mainsails\n\n• Mainsail 
 configurations\nInteresting aspects of low-speed aerodynamics - Convention
 al soft sail - Soft sail double luff (wing) - Wing Mast with soft sail - W
 ing sail (Solid Wing Rig)\n\n• Foresail configurations\nConventional - S
 elf-tacking\n\n• Downwind sails\n- Symmetrical Spinnakers - Asymmetrical
  Spinnakers\n\n• Types of masts\nConventional Fixed - Turbulators - Rota
 ting - Rotating Wing Balestrom/Aerorig\n\n• Masts configuration\nUn-stay
 ed masts - Stayed masts - Bi-plane - Canting\n\n• Spreaders\, Diamonds a
 nd Jumpers\n\n• Boom configurations\n\n• Bowsprits/prods\n\n• Mast D
 esign Process &amp\; Construction\nWooden masts - Aluminium Masts - Carbon
  Fibre Masts\n\n• Boom Design Process &amp\; Construction\nWooden Booms 
 - Aluminium Booms - Carbon Fibre Booms\n\nTo reserve your place use the on
 line booking form below. If you prefer not to book online\, you can call t
 he IIMS head office team on 023 9238 5223 or email Vicky Loizides at educ
 ation@iims.org.uk instead.
CATEGORIES:IIMS Events & Meetings,Marine Events &
 Conferences,What's On
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