Services We Offer
RIG INSPECTION AND SURVEYS
Maintaining your rig in optimum condition is essential. Masts are often thought of as an inert object standing up in the sky...not so. They are machines, and when they are in your vessel they are constantly working! Although many older rigs may look fine to the untrained eye, there can be less obvious signs that signify that it’s time for a full rig inspection and service. At times reports are needed to satisfy insurance requirements. Our rigging survey and customer reports will help you to identify any potential issues, before they become troublesome or unsafe.
We understand that nothing is more important to a yacht than keeping everything on schedule. With two Rhode Island locations - Safe Harbor Newport Shipyard and Safe Harbor New England Boatworks - we are always capable of getting your inspection carried out. Alternatively, we regularly travel to inspect and survey rigs off site and report on any rigging work that may be required. These inspections are often followed up by a service period at a location and time convenient to both the yacht owner and crew.
NDT TESTING, ULTRASOUND SCANS, DYE PENETRANT TESTING
When rigging fails, it can do so without warning and with disastrous results. Lack of maintenance, unseen corrosion, continued fatigue cycling, and/or poor articulation in fittings can all lead to catastrophic failure of standing rigging and metal fittings.
An experienced eye may be able to pick up visible faults, depending on the history and information available, there may also be additional methods of testing to determine if flaws are present. Often this is at the request of an insurance provider, or if an unexpected incident has occurred onboard.
Newport Rigging Group works with some of the finest ultrasound technicians, who are solely focused on composite, alloy, and stainless-steel structures found in rigs and other marine structures. Ultrasound scans in particular are often able to be undertaken without even taking the yacht out of service.
SAIL HANDLING & FURLING SYSTEMS
As any experienced sailor will know, when it comes to sail control, a high performance, free running headsail or mainsail furling system can make all the difference. A wide variety of systems allow shorthanded racers and cruisers to furl large sails safely, without leaving the cockpit. Increased ease of use leads to more time under sail, less hours on the motor, and more fun!
The latest generation of top down furlers, utilizing torsion stays and lightweight line drivers/bearings, has brought additional convenience to handling downwind and asymmetric sails.
We are very familiar with sail handling systems by Southern Spars, Marten, Hall, Rondal, Offshore Spars and Leisureful booms. Also headsail systems by Reckman, Harken, Bamar and Cariboni are regularly worked on by our technicians.
Newport Rigging Group can service, install and detail all types of furling systems – advising on the best system to suit your boat, be it manual or powered.
HYDRAULICS and SAIL CONTROL SYSTEMS
Sail control hydraulics allow you to control loads effectively, efficiently and safely, in order to optimize the performance of your yacht.
We offer an extensive range of hydraulic sail handling systems and service. Whether you need a complete hydraulic system re-fit or an integral back stay adjuster re-sealed, it can be accomplished with our team.
Working closely with local qualified service providers, we can typically provide 24hr emergency hose replacement and hydraulic ram servicing as well as longer term planned maintenance and refit solutions.
WINCHES & DECK GEAR SERVICE
Deck gear works in tandem with running rigging and sail handling systems. We offer full service in the maintenance and replacement of stock hardware. Spinlock, Harken, Antal, KZ Marine, Lewmar and many others. Custom hardware fabrication and design is also offered though Newport Rigging Group. Current customers have come to rely on our ability to imagine, design and fabricate onboard hardware solutions. We are able to keep your yacht’s deck hardware operating smoothly, with proper parts and service. Our winch department is comprised of specialist riggers with America’s Cup and Grand Prix winch service experience.
STANDING RIGGING
As one of the premier rigging companies in the Northeast United States we are proud to have excellent relationships and work with BSI, OYS, Navtec, Carbolink, & Future Fibres to provide our customers with service, and replacement parts for all standing rigging components
At Newport Rigging Group, we have extensive experience in both wire and rod rigging, as well as composite fiber rigging solutions. We can deal with any re-rig request quickly and efficiently near or far.
RUNNING RIGGING
Newport Rigging Group supplies and maintains all forms of running rigging – from easy to handle dock lines to high tech, low stretch halyards and control lines.
Committed to delivering optimum quality and performance, we work closely with a number of the industry’s leading manufacturers in order to select the right rope for your needs, budget and vessel.