"Arming" a boat, or equip with sails and "maneuvers" is a difficult and delicate task. Small changes are insignificant in the eyes of a layman, can lead to large differences in performance, reliability and safety. The position of the shaft, the length and angle of attack of the "rigging" the ropes that support the masts and "rigging", or flying, to help steer the sail, are the result of centuries of experience and mostly empirical, who once handed down from father to son and are now entrusted to the "rigger," the man who "grants" the boat. The English word, which translates as "rigger," is now the most widely used, because this job, still sought after in the field of sailing, in Italy has almost disappeared. But John Caputo, a man who has turned her passion into a profession and an art of his craft, is one of the last equipped with classic boats, particularly lateen sails. One day she came to visit
Cafiero of the Shipyard, and to see for the first time the crop "Santa Maria del Lauro, carrying in his pocket a surprise gift for Mast'Antonio, Michele and the boat and one of its blocks wood and copper, made to order for vintage boats in the shape and size demanded by the necessities of the weapon. And in an extraordinary gathering of skills and experience survivors, was born a collaboration between the carpenters and the tool, which will give the crop a sail "Santa Maria del Lauro" all the blocks needed for its equipment. 
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