Education
1. Brion's 2010 Speaking and Workshop Schedule
1. Brion's 2010 Speaking and Workshop Schedule
Please check back to see additions to the schedule.
Click here for FAQ's - Workshops, Accomodations, Driving Directions ...
February 2010
Seattle Boat Show
Seattle Boat Show University
Advance Seminar Series
February 3, 2010 Wednesday 9 - 12 pm
Red & Green Stage
Sat 1/30 at 4pm GREEN Stage
Sun 1/31 at 12:15pm RED Stage
Wed 2/3 at 4pm GREEN Stage
Thur 2/4 at 12:15 RED Stage
Brion and Crew and You
3-Strand Splicing & Fancywork Workshop
Northwest Maritime Center
Port Townsend
February 6. 2010 Saturday 9 to 4 pm
$60 Tuition
- Hands-on, Great Tools, Great Instruction
All workshop proceeds benefit
Port Townsend Marine Trades Scholarship Fund
- Basic Eyesplice, rope-to-chain splice, buttons & beckets, crown splices, grommets, long splices, mending splices, lanyard knots and more .... Plus tips & refinements. Eight Rigger Instructors & You choose the techniques you want to learn!
- New England Rope donated all the materials.
- Bring your own fids...or fids will be for sale.
Brion will teach 3 Classes at
Safety at Sea Seminar
The Armory in Seattle
Sponsored by The Sailing Foundation
http://offshore.ussailing.org/SAS/Seminars.htm
February 27 & 28, 2010
Saturday $150 - Sunday $175
- Jury Rigging & How to Prevent it
Surveying & the consequences of not surveying.
- Rigging Installation and Tuning Tip
Basic load calculations, for appropriate hardware selection, as well as how to install the hardware so that it is unlikely to tear out, plus how tight to make those stays, and especially why.
- A Practical Marlingspike Session
A primer on rope characteristics and selection, plus one or two vital knots that you may not realize that you really, really need to know.
March, 2010
Brion's 2010 Weekend Workshops
Rig Your Boat
Port Townsend
Sign up soon - class size limited
March 6 & 7 , 2010 Saturday & Sunday
This class details the skills and ideas needed to put a fully functional rig in your boat.
- Get hands-on experience with drills, taps, rivets, tuning gauges, deck hardware, and more.
- Plus basic information on component sizing and arrangement.
- ALSO, basic splicing, Stalok installation, rig layout and design/load considerations.
- Bring your rig specifications, sail and rig plan, calculator and ideas. Bring your boat too!
- Cost: $450 weekend fee.
- Returning students $350
April, 2010
Third Friday Speaker Series
Center for Wooden Boats
7pm - Friday, April 16, 2010
- In 2008 Brion's team down-rigged the Falls of Clyde - the last surviving iron hulled, four-masted full rigged ship, and the only remailing sail-driven oil tanker. Brion will present a slide show of that huge project ...
Strictly Sail
Jack London Square
Oakland, California
April 17 & 18 2010 Saturday & Sunday
2:15 Saturday April 17 & 11:45 Sunday April 18
- The only All Sail show on the West Coast.
- Brion will give two talks on Rigging Your Boat with a segue to discuss the benefits of Colligo Marine's all-Spectra standing rigging, "Dynex Dux".
May, 2010
Rig Your Boat Weekend Workshop
Port Townsend
Sign up soon - class size limited
May 1 & 2, 2010 Saturday & Sunday
This class details the skills and ideas needed to put a fully functional rig in your boat.
- Get hands-on experience with drills, taps, rivets, tuning gauges, deck hardware, and more.
- Plus basic information on component sizing and arrangement.
- ALSO, basic splicing, Stalok installation, rig layout and design/load considerations.
- Bring your rig specifications, sail and rig plan, calculator and ideas. Bring your boat too!
- Cost: $450 weekend fee.
- Returning students $350
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September, 2010
Sailing Your Rig
Monday, September 13, 2010
One-Day Workshop - the day after Wooden Boat Festival
- Every component of your rig is a tool that you can use to sail better. Sheets, outhaul, turnbuckles, spreaders, tack pendants, even mast wedges – all are means to better performance, greater safety, and more comfort under way.
- Brion will show you how to make the most of your rig, explaining how these tools work, how they interact, and how to make them easier to use.
- Fee: $250
Rig Your Boat Weekend Workshop
Port Townsend
Saturday & Sunday, September 25 & 26 , 2010
Sign up soon - class size limited
. This class details the skills and ideas needed to put a fully functional rig in your boat.
- Get hands-on experience with drills, taps, rivets, tuning gauges, deck hardware, and more.
- Plus basic information on component sizing and arrangement.
- ALSO, basic splicing, Stalok installation, rig layout and design/load considerations.
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- Bring your rig specifications, sail and rig plan, calculator and ideas. Bring your boat too!
- Cost: $450 weekend fee.
- Returning students $350
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Would you like to bring Brion to be a speaker at your Sailing Club? or Fund Raiser? 360.385.1080 office@briontoss.com
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- The BTYR message board for yacht riggers - experienced and those needing some tips and assistance-
- The best resource for up-to-date help in rigging questions!
- This is a great place to post questions to Brion, as he monitors this site, or click on Consultation above.
- Many of you have asked how to post photos to SparTalk... post them to Flickr or Picassa photo and put in a link with your posting. We look forward to seeing your project.
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- Each month we devise another question to test your rigging skills. Monthly drawings from winners for a prize!
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4. Double Braid Eye Splice How-to Instructions (PDF) .
- Lifted from Brion's series Working Rope - Field Guides for Rigging - book 5 Basic Rope Splices
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- Rigging is more about information than about wire and rope....
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- We get to work with some really great people who are doing great things with rope and wire...
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