Sydney Rigging Specialists

16/01/2026

What a team of fellas! Can’t thank Olectric’s and Sydney Rigging enough for work and commitment to getting Alive to the start line. Against the odds we have persevered and now have a working boat! We will be doing the Royal Langkawi International Regatta!!

24/11/2023

Sydney Rigging’s Craig Garnett is on Scallywag this year for the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race….busy time of the year for the whole team with sail training to squeeze in as well. Good luck Scallywag!

08/03/2023

14/06/2022

Sydney Rigging Specialists were recently contracted to provide and commission all the running rigging systems for the Reichel Pugh 56 “Vasara” built and launched in Sydney Australia.

We specified the size and make of all the cordage. All the ropes were finished to the high standard by our in house splicing team.

We were also contracted by Southern Spars to commission the mast on their behalf.

Marlow Ropes
Hampidjan Australia
International Rope Braid
Future Fibres
Southern Spars

Photo credit : Andrea Francolini Photography

16/05/2022

Sydney Rigging Specialists was recently involved in the commissioning of the running rigging and mast for the new Farr X2. If you live in Sydney you’ve probably seen this new design in action out on the harbour.

Due to restrictions in place for Covid 19, this boat was spec’d by SRS using only Autocad. Close to 100 units of running rigging was made up for Boat 1 with only 2 minor lines requiring small adjustments.

Sydney Rigging is looking forward to providing the remaining running rigging packages for Boats 2, 3 & 4 in the coming weeks.

18/04/2022

09/04/2022

Nice work Bruce Clark!

Speedy run!

Black Jack has set a new monohull record in the 2022 Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race

Media Release: Di Pearson | RPAYC media -

Black Jack, the super maxi owned by Peter Harburg, has smashed the race record and taken line honours early this morning in the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club’s (RPAYC) Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race, finishing the race at 06:31:31.

Black Jack, skippered by Mark Bradford representing Yacht Club de Monaco, set a new record of 17 hours 10 minutes 31 seconds, slicing a little over 1hr 18mins off Wild Oats IX record of 18hrs 29mins 14secs set back in 2003.

As Black Jack approached the finish, the heavens opened up to welcome her to Coffs Harbour.

“It was a pretty straight forward race, although we had a tricky westerly transition towards the end with a bit of tacking required,” Bradford said this morning.

“We are super excited to have broken the race record,” he said. The yacht and crew are now heading off to prepare for Easter’s Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race where Harburg and crew will attempt to break their own record from 2018.

Behind Black Jack, David Griffith’s JV62, Whisper, had approximately 25 nautical miles to make the finish, with Ichi Ban giving chase just 8nm astern.

The focus is now on the IRC Overall win in the 36th running of the race. Black Jack sits at the top of the overall standings at 10am, with Matt Allen’s Ichi Ban and David Griffith’s JV62 Whisper, in second and third place respectively.

From seventh place overall this morning, Carl Crafoord, the owner/navigator of Sail Exchange reported, “We were having a good night because we led Highly Sprung and XS Moment BNMH by a mile. That was until the breeze went right and now, they’re a mile ahead of us!”

Leading this battle within the standings, is Highly Sprung (Mark Spring) one place in front of Sail Exchange and XS Moment BNMH (Ray Hudson) two places behind.

“We’re getting 16 to 17 knots out of the east/north-east. It’s not pleasant out here, it’s quite bumpy. On six separate occasions we have had to reef the main because it got so windy. But we’ve been a bit lucky, no rain and the sun’s come out,” Crafoord said from his Cookson 12.

To-date there have been four retirements from the race. David Suttie’s Pekljus withdrew with electrical issues late yesterday and returned to RPAYC.

Last night John Turnbull’s Luna Blue retired to Newcastle Port with rigging issues and crew sickness. This morning Ian Smith’s Jupiter and John Mudge’s Dances With Waves have retired into Port Stephens.

The Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race presentation will be held on Sunday 10 April at Coffs Harbour Yacht Club.

Leaderboard link: https://yb.tl/Leaderboard/pittwater2022

Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club - RPAYC

Image: Andrea Francolini

18/02/2022

Nice win for Craig Garnett and Will Parker on Ichi Ban for this year’s Adelaide to Port Lincoln race. Super job!

17/02/2022

We are hiring!

Sydney Rigging Specialists has a position opening for a full time yacht rigger to start immediately.

An exciting opportunity is now available for a yacht rigger to join one of Sydney’s most established yacht rigging companies around.

Sydney Rigging is known for its rigging work on some of the world’s leading yachts including super maxi yachts Blackjack, Wild Oats XI, Infotrack, Comanche, and Willow.

We work on a wide variety of racing and cruising vessels that range in size from skiffs and dinghies through to luxury cruising yachts.

Located in Sydney, the position is based from the factory in Rozelle with on water work at Sydney City Marine and other marinas and yacht clubs located around the harbour.

If you would like to join our team, please send a copy of your resume outlining your qualifications, sailing experience, yacht rigging experience or industry based experience.

Please limit your application to 2 pages only and email them through to [email protected] by Monday 28 February, 2022.

For further information on the role, please email your contact details to either:

Bruce Clark at [email protected]

Craig Garnett at [email protected]

17/01/2022

Sydney Rigging was thrilled to be involved with the production company for this latest art instalment called Thaw. It was run last week at Sydney Opera House Forecourt for all to witness.

Photo credit: Rhett Wyman