RIGGING HARDWARE

Rigging Hardware

Shackles, thimbles, blocks and the metal that carries the load.

The universal metal connector — a bow or Dee shackle with a pin, rated by working load limit.

A spring-gate hook for fast, frequently changed connections — with a gate that must never carry load.

A metal liner for a spliced eye that spreads the load and stops chafe cutting the rope.

A threaded tensioner for standing rigging — two threaded ends and a body you turn to shorten or lengthen.

Sheaves and rope combined into a system that trades distance for force — with friction taking its cut.

The fitting a line is made fast to — horn, cam or jam, each with its own way of holding and releasing.

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Other categories

Fibre, construction and how a line behaves under load.

The joinery of seamanship — what holds, and what costs strength.

Halyards, sheets, dock lines and anchor rodes in service.

Inspection, protection and knowing when to retire a line.