Editing Standing rigging (section)

{{Short description|Rigging that supports masts}}
[[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:Standing rigging--square-rigged sailing vessel--Detail.jpg|thumb|Standing rigging on a square-rigged vessel (illustrated left), which supports a mast comprising three steps: ''main'', ''top'', and ''topgallant'' (illustrated right). The shrouds support each section laterally and the stays support each, fore and aft.]]
'''Standing rigging''' comprises the fixed lines, wires, or rods, which support each [[Mast (sailing)|mast]] or [[bowsprit]]  on a [[Sailing ship|sailing vessel]] and reinforce those [[Spar (sailing)|spar]]s against [[wind]] loads transferred from the [[sail]]s.  This term is used in contrast to [[running rigging]], which represents the moveable elements of rigging which adjust the position and shape of the sails.<ref>{{cite book |last =Keegan |first =John |author-link =John Keegan |title =The Price of Admiralty |publisher =Viking |date =1989 |location =New York |page =[https://archive.org/details/priceofadmiralty00keeg/page/280 280] |isbn =0-670-81416-4 |url-access =registration |url =https://archive.org/details/priceofadmiralty00keeg/page/280 }}</ref>