Celebrating over a decade of traditional rigging & shipbuilding projects around the world.

Topsail Rigging travels to remote locations for rig projects, outsourcing or establishing shop spaces in collaboration with vessel owners.

Topsail Rigging builds entire new rigs, offers spar-making, maintenance, restoration, repair, inspections, surveys, and trials at sea, as well as traditional wood construction.

Specialising in traditional gaff and square rig vessels, Topsail Rigging leads projects and also contributes through subcontracting, and works closely with naval architects to contribute to the development of rigs.

Registered in 2014 in Kingston, Ontario.

FAQs

  • Topsail Rigging specialises in traditional sail projects that are challenging and often remote, where a carefully hand-picked team needs to be created. Topsail Rigging’s main strength is assembling the best team for the task, and project management.

    When applicable, Topsail Rigging will work with existing teams, or bring in other companies.

    Due to project-specific teams being created, specific services include:

    · Consultation

    · Project Management

    · Design & Naval Architecture Support

    · Rig Inspections & Surveys

    · Repair & Restoration

    · Spar, Mast Making

    · Complete New Build of Rigs

    · Sea Trials & Deliveries

  • Topsail Rigging can provide servies for all manners of traditional sailing vessels.

  • Topsail Rigging offers:

    · Rope splices, running rigging, etc.

    · Wire splices, wire seizings, etc.

    · Leatherwork (soft wire eyes, etc.)

    · Wooden mast making, restoration.

    · Metal work.

    · Sail installation.

    · Lifting, stepping masts, crossing yards, uprig, downrig.

    · Wooden boat building, shipwrights & restoration.

    · Sea trials, deliveries.

  • Some vessels which Topsail Rigging have contributed to in various capacities include:

    · Ópal, Iceland

    · Ruth, Barbados

    · Avontuur, Germany

    · Sea Change, Canada

    · Vega, The Netherlands

    · Peking, United States

    · Nordlys, The Netherlands

    · Tres Hombres, The Netherlands

    · Lord Sheffield, Sint Maarten

    · and more

  • Contact us and let’s find out!
    Contact form here.
    Hello@topsailrigging.com