Topsail Rigging Limited
- 1. Topsail Rigging Limited Traditional rigging & ships services.
- 2. Topsail Rigging Limited is a Canadian traditional rigging & ships services company capable of working worldwide. Officially registered in 2014, the group has worked together since 2008. The core members are Paul DeNoble, Danielle Doggett & Sean Parsonage; however there are other close personnel who often participate in the projects. Combined, the core members have over 40 years experience on sailing ships – from small boats to yachts, schooners & large square riggers. Please contact us about your project. topsailrigging@gmail.com
- 3. Rig tensioned & tuned with traditional rope through wood deadeye & lanyard. Crafted & installed the entire new rig as Master Rigger & team of the Dutch brigantine Tres Hombres.
- 4. Crafted & installed all standing and running rigging as Master Rigger & team of schooner Ruth in Barbados. Rig tensioned & tuned with galvanized bottle screws. Oversaw beachside launch & sea trials as Captain
- 5. Worm & parcel with the lay; turn & serve the other way. Cut, whip, splice & seize rope of any size. Contracted by Sailmaster BV to up-rig the new Shabab Oman II – as well as complete Sea Trials & train the Royal Omani Navy.
- 6. Seamless soft & hard eye Liverpool wire splices for a number of ships worldwide – up to one inch diameter. Crafted by hand & marlinspike alone.
- 7. Traditional wire seizings for the engineless wooden brigantine Tres Hombres; in the Netherlands during a major refit.
- 8. Working with caulking mallets & irons to seal the wooden deck with pitch & rolled oakum after replacing white oak planks. Pouring hot black pitch over natural oakum.
- 9. Steam-Bent Oak & Beech masthoops for schooner Ruth; Barbados. Fastened with bronze bolts, finished by hand-stitched leatherwork.
- 10. Leatherwork measured, shaped & sewn by hand. Completed for number of vessels, including fully rigged ship Shabab Oman II. Finished with Linseed Oil & Beeswax to seal.
- 11. Major restoration of 1912 English cutter Morwenna using traditional wooden boatbuilding techniques. Replaced bow - Larch planking over new sawn Oak & Acacia frames. Replaced Oak apron and forward keelson - including keel bolts. As shipwright, oversaw and instructed team of four ships carpenters.
- 12. Topsail Rigging Limited Traditional Rigging & Ships services worldwide. 5302 Wilmer Rd. Perth Road Village K0H 2L0 Ontario, Canada topsailrigging@gmail.com