Rig check
Check the rig and the standing rigging, to print out
Seventeen items to tick off, from the forestay to the chainplates, with the finding, the action and the date. Before the mast goes up, after the first gale, before the long passage. A completed sheet with a date on it separates the event from wear and tear when a claim is made.
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Only the sheet itself is printed, without the navigation and the footer. A working aid without legal force, not a survey report in the sense of a professional expert's service and no legal advice.
Checking rig and standing rigging
Before the mast goes up, after the first gale, before the long passage
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Keep it, do not throw it away
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01Boat and rig
Boat name, type, year of build
Rig type (sloop, ketch, cutter)
Mast: alloy / carbon, stepped / unstepped
Age of the standing rigging (years)
Last rig replacement (date, yard)
Checked by, on
02Standing rigging, wire, terminals, fittings
| Item | OK | Fault | Finding, action, by when |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forestay, terminal top and bottom | |||
| Backstay, tensioner | |||
| Cap shrouds port / starboard | |||
| Lower shrouds and diagonals | |||
| Rigging screws, split pins | |||
| Furling gear, drum, bearings | |||
| Spreaders, end fittings, chafe protection | |||
| Mast step, deck collar, wedges | |||
| Masthead, wind sensor, aerial, lights | |||
| Chainplates and hull attachments |
What to look for: broken individual strands (“meat hooks”), hairline cracks in terminals and swaged fittings, corrosion and brown traces on stainless steel, play in clevis pins and eyes, missing split pins, grooves at the spreader ends.
03Running rigging, sails, deck fittings
| Item | OK | Fault | Finding, action, by when |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halyards, sheets, reefing lines | |||
| Blocks, turning blocks, tracks | |||
| Winches, clutches, cam cleats | |||
| Mainsail: seams, battens, slides | |||
| Headsail: luff, UV strip | |||
| Boom, kicking strap, preventer | |||
| Guardrail wire, stanchions, stanchion bases |
The difference that counts when a claim is made
A mast lost to a gust or a collision is an event and is covered by full hull cover. A mast lost because a terminal had been cracked for years is wear and tear, and wear and tear is excluded in every set of conditions on the market, ours as much as everybody else's. A completed sheet with a date on it is the proof that you checked and maintained. In a dispute it separates the event from wear and tear, and that line decides the payment.
04Orders and dates
Yard / rigger, order placed on
Completed on, invoice number
Next check due
Rig reaches its replacement interval on
Worth knowing
Rig and sails belong in the sum insured, they are equipment and not accessories. A new rig or a new set of sails is a reason to report a higher sum; that costs no more than the difference in premium. With us, rig damage during a race is covered by full hull cover: club regattas from Basis-Plus, open events in Premium. Keep completed sheets and invoices together with the boat data sheet, somewhere other than on the boat.
Place, date · Signature of the owner
Signature of the rigger or the yard, stamp
NAMMERT Assekuradeur GmbH, Karl-Marx-Straße 4, 15711 Königs Wusterhausen, Germany · +49 3375 29 12 77 · info@nammert.com. A working aid without legal force, not a survey report in the sense of a professional expert's service and no legal advice. Only your policy wording in the version that belongs to your contract is binding.