Editing Jury rigging (section)

==Rigging==
[[File:Jury-mast-knot-variations.jpg|thumb|Three variations of the [[jury mast knot]].]]
A [[Sailboat|sail-powered boat]] may carry a limited amount of repair materials, from which some form of jury-rig can be fashioned. Additionally, anything salvageable, such as a [[Spar (sailing)|spar]] or [[spinnaker pole]], could be adapted to carry a makeshift [[sail]].

[[Ship]]s typically carried a selection of spare parts such as [[topmast]]s.  However, due to their much larger size, at up to {{Convert|1|metre}} in diameter, the lower masts were too large to carry as spares.  Example jury-rig configurations include:
*A spare topmast
*The main boom of a [[brig]]
*Replacing the [[foremast]] with the [[mizzenmast]] (mentioned in [[William N. Brady]]'s ''The Kedge Anchor, or Young Sailors' Assistant'', 1852)
*The [[bowsprit]] set upright and tied to the stump of the original mast.

The [[jury mast knot]] may provide anchor points for securing makeshift [[Stays (nautical)|stays]] and [[Shroud (sailing)|shrouds]] to support a jury mast, although there is differing evidence of the knot's actual historical use.<ref name=Hamel1>{{Cite web|last=Hamel|first=Charles|url=http://Charles.Hamel.free.fr/knots-and-cordages/Investigation.html|title=Investigations – nœud de capelage ''or'' jury rig knot|website=Charles.Hamel.free.fr|publisher=Charles Hamel|date=August 2006|orig-date=September 2005|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref><ref name=Hamel2>{{Cite web|last=Hamel|first=Charles|url=http://Charles.Hamel.free.fr/knots-and-cordages/Jury_rig_investigation.html|title=Jury rig investigation – nœud de capelage jury rig mast knot is it only ornamental or utilitarian (with secondary evolution to ornamental)?|website=Charles.Hamel.free.fr|publisher=Charles Hamel|date=August 2006|orig-date=September 2005|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref><ref name=Hamel3>{{Cite web|last=Hamel|first=Charles|title=Jury rig investigation 2 – nœud de capelage jury rig mast knot is it only ornamental or utilitarian (with secondary evolution to ornamental)?|url=http://Charles.Hamel.free.fr/knots-and-cordages/Jury-rig-follow-on.html|website=Charles.Hamel.free.fr|publisher=Charles Hamel|date=August 2006|orig-date=September 2005|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref>

Jury-rigs are not limited to sail-powered boats. Any [[Marine propulsion|unpowered]] watercraft can carry jury sail. A [[rudder]], [[tiller]], or any other component can be jury-rigged by improvising a repair out of materials at hand.<ref name=Lexico/>