lower shroud

A single trapeze system, with lower shrouds, is available, though this must be removed for events run under the class rules.

Early Babas had no lower shrouds, but these were soon added after a dismasting.

A deck-stepped aluminum mast (37' I measurement) with fore-and-aft lower shrouds.

Originally the boats had double lower shrouds, but many have been converted to single lowers to allow the mast to bend more when racing.

The mast is keel stepped, and is supported by double lower shrouds for greater redundancy.

Before this the futtock shrouds were attached to the lower shrouds that rose directly to the top.

Bellerophon had by then lost all three topmasts, and her mainsail and lower shrouds had been cut to pieces.

The lower shrouds are secured to the sides of vessels by heavy iron bolts and are passed around the head of the lower masts.

In this arrangement lower shrouds must support a greater load, requiring the use of catharpins to provide bracing between port and starboard shrouds.

The boat is rigged as a simple fractional sloop, with minimal standing rigging, consisting only of two lower shrouds, two jumper shrouds, a headstay, and a backstay.

Four shrouds are on each side of the mast, two lower shrouds for fore and aft adjustment of mast prebend, plus the upper and intermediate shrouds to keep the mast straight.

They run from the outer edges of a top downwards and inwards to a point on the mast or lower shrouds, and carry the load of the shrouds that rise from the edge of the top.

Some of the crew noticed that the mast was moving a bit before it broke, but then all of a sudden it seemed to collapse at the lower shroud, then at the junction of the baby-stay, and then as it crashed down it broke again at the top of the mast."