Question

Meaning of monkey from riger

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Answer:

Rigging Monkey refers to a crewmember of a sailing vessels whose primary responsibility is to climb the mast, usually with the assistance of a boatswain's chair, to work on therigging of the ship.....In the days of tall-ship sailing, the nautical term "monkey" was used to refer to anything of small size on the ship.

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