Bergstrom & Ridder have been designing rigs since 1972. The patented
characteristics of a B&R rig are the diagonal diamonds, in lieu of
running back stays, and swept back spreaders with a small mast
section. This rig was first seen on Thursday's Child, built in 1983.
That B&R rig was incorporated as a masthead rig with back stay on all
subsequent Hunters. In 1989, Thursday's Child was re- fit with a
fractional B&R rig with no backstay, a precursor of all the new Hunter
rigs.

B&R designs have been incorporated into Hunters for the past 21 years,
first through Isomat, then some other fabricators, and now Seldon


On Fri, 21 May 2004 10:26:29 -0400, DSK wrote:



I wouldn't call that a B&R rig, for one things it's a masthead with a
backstay. It's got some of the elements of the B&R though, kind of a
*******ized stepchild. With the standing backstay, it can't have a big
roachy mainsail, with the wide double spreaders it can't set a genoa
properly.

No wonder you thought it was a horrible rig. This looks like it has all
the B&R faults and none of the benefits. What were they thinking?

Fresh Breezes- Doug King