{"id":1353,"date":"1999-11-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1999-11-30T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/?p=1353"},"modified":"2015-10-16T12:09:29","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T17:09:29","slug":"split-rigs-for-40-footers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/split-rigs-for-40-footers\/","title":{"rendered":"Split Rigs for 40-footers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"question\">\n<p> I am thinking of building or buying a 40-ft yacht for long-distance bluewater cruising with a small family crew. Can you please give me some input to the rigging systems you have for your yachts? I have read some of your most interesting topics in Tech Talk&#8211;is there any for the 2-masted rigging? I&#8217;m very impressed with your boats. Yours, Bosse <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"answer\">\n<p> Hi Bosse: First, avoid building a boat if at all possible. It is much, much better to find a good used boat! Our opinion is that for any boat under 60 feet or so in length, a sloop or cutter rig (single mast) is a better choice. It is simpler, less costly, easier to sail, and faster. As the boats get larger, the ketch rig starts to make sense. There is quite a bit of information on rigs and rigging in our Offshore Cruising Encyclopedia (as well as data on interiors). Regards&#8211;Steve Dashew<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am thinking of building or buying a 40-ft yacht for long-distance bluewater cruising with a small family crew. Can <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/split-rigs-for-40-footers\/\">&#8230;Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech-talk","category-rigs-and-rigging"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1353"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1353"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36197,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1353\/revisions\/36197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}