Philip Stephen / Offshore supply ship "Maersk Forwarder" unloading containers at Miller B oil/gas platform in the North Sea. Autumn 2006.

Philip Stephen / Offshore supply ship "Maersk Forwarder" unloading containers at Miller B oil platform in the North Sea. Autumn 2006.

Philip Stephen / Offshore supply ship "Maersk Forwarder" unloading containers at Miller B oil/gas platform in the North Sea. Autumn 2006.

Philip Stephen / Scott oil production platform in choppy seas, operated by Amerada Hess. March 2005.

Philip Stephen / Oil tanker pumping station at the Beryl field in the North Sea. August 2006.

Philip Stephen / Oil rig stand-by vessel M.V. "Aberdonian", North Sea. March 2005.

Philip Stephen / Oil rig stand-by vessel "M.V. Scott Guardian" in attendance with a drilling rig on the North Sea, April 2005.

Rick Tomlinson / Rig of a yacht with courtesy and customs flags flying.

Rick Tomlinson / Rig of a yacht with courtesy and customs flags flying.

Rick Tomlinson / Rig of a yacht with courtesy and customs flags flying.

Rick Tomlinson / Rig of a yacht with courtesy and customs flags flying.

Rick Tomlinson / Rig of a yacht with courtesy and customs flags flying.

Rick Tomlinson / Rig of a yacht with courtesy and customs flags flying.

Rick Tomlinson / "SEB" under jury rig approaching the Chilean coast after losing her mast in the Volvo Ocean Race, February 14, 2002.

Rick Tomlinson / Mike Slade's "Leopard of London" is framed by the ketch rig of Peter Harrison's Farr 115 "Sojana" during Antigua race week, 2004.

Rick Tomlinson / "Atlantic Privateer" during the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1985. ^^^ She was dismasted on leg 1 after beating into a gale for days, the jury rig also collapsed and the boat was forced to retir...

Rick Tomlinson / Jury rig aboard the all-female boat "EF Education" after the mast snapped just above the first set of spreaders during Leg 5 from New Zealand to São Sebastião, 1997. ^^^ They made a jury rig and...

Rick Tomlinson / Rig of a J-145 "Ilderim".

Rick Tomlinson / Jury rig aboard the all-female boat "EF Education" after the mast snapped just above the first set of spreaders during Leg 5 from New Zealand to São Sebastião, 1997.

Rick Tomlinson / Broken rig aboard the all-female boat "EF Education" after the mast snapped just above the first set of spreaders during Leg 5 from New Zealand to São Sebastião, 1997. They made a jury rig and h...

Rick Tomlinson / Jury rig aboard the all-female boat "EF Education" after the mast snapped just above the first set of spreaders during Leg 5 from New Zealand to São Sebastião, 1997.

Rick Tomlinson / Jury rig aboard the all-female boat "EF Language" after the mast snaps just above the first set of spreaders during Leg 5 from New Zealand to São Sebastião. Here they are arriving in Ushuaia near Ca...

Rick Tomlinson / Jury rig aboard the all-female boat "EF Language" after the mast snapped just above the first set of spreaders during Leg 5 from New Zealand to São Sebastião of the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1...

Onne van der Wal / 37m "Cambria" during the Cowes America's Cup Jubilee in 2001, Isle of Wight, UK. ^^^She was racing with just a jib and a staysail, the same rig used in 1928 when she was launched at Fairlie in Scotlan...

Onne van der Wal / Crew member up the rig of a race yacht.

Onne van der Wal / Crew member climbing up the rig of the classic schooner "Mariette". Property Released.

Onne van der Wal / Bowman aloft, checking the rig.

Onne van der Wal / Looking up at the rig and masts of 154ft ketch superyacht "Sheherazade". ^^^ The two masts reach 185 feet and 110 feet high, the taller being the equivalent of 11 stories high.

Onne van der Wal / Rig maintenance, inspecting the inside of a megayacht mast from the bosuns chair.

Onne van der Wal / Crew member aboard Tall Ship "Gazella", setting the tack of a square sail at the top end of the yard arm. Newport, Rhode Island, USA 1992

Roberto Rinaldi / A traditional lateen rig sail boat or chiggiotta, Lagoon of Venice, Italy.

Roberto Rinaldi / A traditional lateen rig sail boat or chiggiotta, Lagoon of Venice, Italy.

Roberto Rinaldi / A traditional lateen rig sail boat or chiggiotta, Lagoon of Venice, Italy.

Roberto Rinaldi / A traditional lateen rig sail boat or chiggiotta, Lagoon of Venice, Italy.

Roberto Rinaldi / A traditional lateen rig sail boat or chiggiotta, Lagoon of Venice, Italy.

Roberto Rinaldi / A traditional lateen rig sail boat or chiggiotta, Lagoon of Venice, Italy.

Philip Stephen / MFV "Demares" powering through a rough North Sea, with a North Sea oil or gas rig can be seen on the horizon. October 2006.

Philip Stephen / Tartan oil production platform operated by Texaco, in choppy conditions. March 2005.

Philip Stephen / Sunset behind oil rig "J.W.McLean". September 2006.

Onne van der Wal / Up the rig of "Gazella", a tall ship from Philadelphia, USA.

Rick Tomlinson / Jury rig aboard the all-female boat "EF Education" after the mast snapped just above the first set of spreaders during Leg 5 from New Zealand to São Sebastião, 1997.

Ian Coleman / Illustration of Tope shark / Liver-oil shark / Millers dog / Penny dog / Rig / School shark / Snapper shark,soupfin / Southern tope (Galeorhinus galeus), Triakidae. Endangered / threatened species.

Robin Chittenden / Snare trap, Bankend Rig, Lanarkshire, Scotland, June

Robin Chittenden / Meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis) eggs in nest, Bankend Rig, Lanarkshire, England, May

Philip Stephen / Beryl Bravo oil / gas production platform in the North Sea, 160 miles north east of Aberdeen, Scotland. February 2008.

Flip Nicklin / Offshore oil rig, southeast Alaska

Martin H Smith / Oil rig North Sea

Martin H Smith / Oil rig North Sea

Chris Gomersall / Oil rigs awaiting refit Cromarty Firth Scotland UK

Martin H Smith / Oil rig with supply ships North Sea

Martin H Smith / Oil rig North Sea

Erwan Quéméré / "Astra" and "Candida" racing at La Nioulargue 1993 off St Tropez, South France. Both yachts were converted to bermudan rig to comply with the 1930 J-Class rule. They date back to 1928-1929 and were bu...