Twenty-six miles of rope. Thirty-seven sails. Thousands of individual components.
Rebuilding HMS Victory's rigging is one of the most ambitious maritime conservation projects ever undertaken.
Meet the specialist riggers helping to return Britain's most famous warship to her former glory. Part engineer, part historian and part detective, they are uncovering centuries of repairs, interpreting historic records and making decisions that will preserve Victory for generations to come.
Many of the ship's masts and rigging are unique, with some surviving components believed to be the last of their kind anywhere in the world. Every rope, spar and fitting tells part of Victory's story.
One day, HMS Victory will once again stand beneath her full rig for the first time in decades, transforming her silhouette and revealing the spectacular scale that sailors and visitors would once have known.
Watch how this extraordinary work is bringing that vision closer to reality.