Rigging loads and wire sizing
Rigging loads and wire sizing: a calculator subject on Super Calculator. Covers standing rigging load calculator and shroud tension calculator. Stub page.
Rigging loads and wire sizing is a subject area within sailing performance and rating rules on Super Calculator. The research behind the site records 14 distinct calculators in it.
What belongs in this subject
Standing Rigging Load Calculator, Shroud Tension Calculator, Forestay Load Calculator, Backstay Tension Calculator, Wire Rope Breaking Load Calculator, Rigging Wire Size Selection Calculator, Mast Compression Load Calculator, Chainplate Load Calculator, Righting Moment at 30 Degrees Calculator, Halyard Load Calculator, Winch Power Ratio Calculator, Block Working Load Limit Calculator, Rope Stretch Calculator and Rigging Replacement Interval Calculator.
Where the answer depends on where you are
Results in this subject depend on national law or official convention, so one generic tool cannot serve every reader. Markets where the rules differ enough to need separate treatment: GB, US, FR, IT, AU, NZ, NL, DE.
Before relying on a result
This subject carries safety consequences. Published tools state the standard they implement, and the standard governs, not the tool.
This subject covers load-bearing calculation. Results never replace a qualified engineer’s sign-off.
Status
This page is a stub. It records the shape of the subject so the site structure is complete and so that articles can link it on first mention. No figure on it has been verified against a primary source, and the calculators listed above are mostly not built yet. The page carries noindex, nofollow and is excluded from the sitemap.