Riggers
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Takler (also rigger ) is a job in shipbuilding . He is responsible for the construction and maintenance of the entire rigging of a sailing ship: as a specialist in the construction of sailing masts , for the erection and bracing of the masts on the ship (rigs), for the standing and moving rigging and for mast trimming .
Riggers mostly work in a shipyard or in a special workshop for rig repairs. Some work mobile. Few ships are so big that they employ their own rigger and take them on the voyage.
In the time of sailing up to 1900, riggers were based in the port and shipyard locations and rigged sailing ships for the first time. They made the rigging of a ship from blocks and rope . The seafarers were responsible for maintaining the rigging at sea .
Tools of the rigging machine are e.g. B. Marlspieker , split horn and hollow spike .