"Brian Whatcott" wrote:

Now THERE'S an interesting question!
How would an engineer want to specify the rigging for a sailboat?

With an eye on the budget.

Find a similar boat and see what it is using.

Use that size as a base, then increase it one size jut to CYA.

End of design.

In the USA, material is cheap, manpower is not.

It is something you learn very early, if you want to continue to be a
design engineer.

Airplane design is a totally different story.

Lew