Editing Rigging (section)

{{Short description|Ropes, cables and chains which support masts of sailing ships}}
{{Other uses}}
[[File:SquareRigging.jpg|thumb|The rigging of a [[square rig]]ger in [[London]].]]
[[File:Schema-Stehendes-Gut.png|thumb|Standing rigging on a fore-and-aft rigged sailboat.<br />
Key:
1. Forestay
2. Shroud
3. (Spreaders)
4. Backstay
5. Inner forestay
6. Sidestay
7. (Boom)
8. Running backstays]]
[[File:Bermuda rigged sloop at Convict Bay ca 1879.jpg|thumb|[[Bermuda rig]]ged sloop at Convict Bay, [[Bermuda]], circa 1879]]
[[File:Barkskibs staende rigning2.png|thumb|Standing rigging on a square-rigged vessel.]]
[[File:Yacht-mainsheet-jibsheet-vang-downhaul-jib halyard.jpg|thumb|Running rigging on a sailing yacht:<br />1. Main sheet 2. Jib sheet 3. Boom vang 4. Downhaul 5. Jib halyard]]

'''Rigging''' comprises the system of ropes, cables and chains, which support and control a [[sailing ship]] or [[sail boat]]'s masts and sails.  ''Standing rigging'' is the fixed rigging that supports masts including [[Shroud (sailing)|shrouds]] and [[Stays (nautical)|stays]].  ''Running rigging'' is rigging which adjusts the position of the vessel's sails and spars including [[halyard]]s, [[Braces (sailing)|braces]], [[Sheet (sailing)|sheets]] and [[Gaff vang|vang]]s.<ref name = Oxford>
{{cite web
 | url = https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/rigging
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160929101046/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/rigging
 | url-status = dead
 | archive-date = September 29, 2016
 | title = Definition of rigging in English: rigging
 | date = 2017
 | website = en.oxforddictionaries.com
 | publisher = Oxford University Press
 | access-date = 2017-01-02
 | ref = {{harvid|Oxford|2017}}
 | quote = The system of ropes or chains employed to support a ship's masts (standing rigging) and to control or set the yards and sails (running rigging).}}</ref>