Rigging
Overview
Empacher offers 4 types of rigging styles for ALL elite boats. Each type of rigging has won several Olympic medals and no one type of rigging is deemed to be superior to any other. We like them all and all have served many athletes very well. All boats are still at FISA minimum weight, so all rigging types are relatively the same weight.
The following guide may be used to show the benefits and drawbacks of each type of rigging style K, S, C, and R. For more information, please contact a representative following our contact link. We love to talk rigging.
Rigger Type Quick Reference Chart
K Positives: Lots of height adjustment, simple, efficient, strong, cheap, full set of ribs, open feeling in cockpit, durable.
Negatives: No fore/aft adjustment, ribbed cockpit
S Positives: Fore/aft adjustment /-3cm, open feeling in cockpit, adjustment of lateral pitch is easy.
Negatives: Hard to rig if your not comfortable with it, fragile, expensive.
C Positives: Lots of adjustment (up/down/fore/aft)very nice looking, low profile, ribbless cockpit but with ribs in crew boats, durable, easy to rig.
Negatives: Scratches easy, cant switch sides in crew boats, expensive
R Positives: Lots of adjustment (up/down/fore/aft)very nice looking, low profile, ribbless cockpit but with ribs in crew boats, durable, easy to rig. Cheaper than the C rigger.
Negatives: Can't switch sides in crew boats.
