Patent ID: 8267027

Claim:
A sailboat rigging system comprising: elongate rigging comprising a plurality of high strength fiber strands, tows or roving, and resin, wherein the fiber strands, tows or roving are laid out in a preferred rigging configuration with the fiber strands, tows or roving being placed under generally equal tension, and with the resin cured together with fiber strands, tows or roving to consolidate them together substantially without open spaces therebetween, wherein the preferred rigging configuration includes a branching region having an upper region and a lower region, with a plurality of elongate branching sections extending into the upper region of the branching region and merging into a single elongate section which extends downwardly from the lower region of the branching region, and with the fiber strands, tows or roving in the branching region being under generally equal tension.