Here is yours truly, holding a copy of a book I wrote when I was a whole lot younger. The book is a first edition…
Brion Toss Yacht Riggers Posts
What’ll You Do If You Meet a Grizzly?
Posted in Travel
The old Alaska hand was deep in conversation with an eager young backpacker. The old man was clad in canvas, and wore battered-but-serviceable boots. He…
Letter to a Young Bosun
Posted in Rigging
On the surface, being a bosun is a matter of technical skill. You are expected to know all the knots, seizings, splices, etc., that might…
The Least Likely Festival in the World
Posted in Travel
This year I had the great good fortune to journey to Hobart, Tasmania, to give a couple of talks at the biennial Australian Wooden…
Larry Pardey Memorial Observatory
Posted in Marvels
The sailors among you will recognize the name Larry Pardey. He and his wife Lin spent decades sailing all over the world, in wooden sailboats…
“Falling” Format News
Posted in Books, and Uncategorized
Here is a special announcement, for subscribers to my blog. I wanted all of you to hear it first. It has taken some time to…
Crossed (Pad)Eyes, The Winner!
Posted in Puzzle
It is time to announce the winner of our most recent Rigging Puzzle. But first I’ll mention that if you’d like to see previous puzzles,…
The Rigging Puzzle: Crossed (Pad)Eyes
Posted in Puzzle
There’s lots going on at briontoss.com. Scroll to the bottom of this page for details. The Rigging Puzzle this time is about padeyes, and how to…
Sweating the Fall Things, the Winners!
Posted in Puzzle
In our most recent puzzle, we asked how much additional tension our rigger Julia Briggs could apply to a line by “sweating” it sideways.…
Sweating the Fall Things, a Rigging Puzzle
Posted in Puzzle, and Rigging News
Sailors and other rope users are familiar with the process of sweating or swigging up a line: pulling sharply sideways on the fall of a…