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2. Block (sailing) - Wikipedia

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   This kind of block makes a loaded line easier to hold by hand, and is sometimes used on smaller boats for lines like main and jib sheets that are frequently adjusted. A single, large, sail-powered warship in the mid-19th century required more than 1,400 blocks of various kinds. [1]

3. Rigging (material handling) - Wikipedia

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   Rigging comes from rig, to set up or prepare. Rigging is the equipment such as wire rope, turnbuckles, clevis, jacks used with cranes and other lifting equipment [1] in material handling and structure relocation. Rigging systems commonly include shackles, master links and slings, and lifting bags in underwater lifting.

4. Outhaul - Wikipedia

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   It is an element of the running rigging, used to attach the mainsail clew to the boom and tensions the foot of the sail. It commonly uses a block at the boom end and a cleat on the boom, closer to the mast, to secure the line. [1] [2] The outhaul is loosened to provide a fuller camber or tightened to give the sail foot a flatter camber.

5. Category:Sailing rigs and rigging - Wikipedia

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   Types of rig (ie the configuration of masts and sails) used on sailing vessels and specific items of rigging used on sailing vessels, from full-rigged ships to sailboats Contents Top

6. Shackle - Wikipedia

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   Different types of shackles. The yellow cable ties indicate the date of the last tool inspection. A well-used shackle. A shackle (or shacklebolt), also known as a gyve, is a U-shaped piece of metal secured with a clevis pin or bolt across the opening, or a hinged metal loop secured with a quick-release locking pin mechanism.

7. Running rigging - Wikipedia

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   Running rigging is the rigging of a sailing vessel that is used for raising, lowering, shaping and controlling the sails on a sailing vessel—as opposed to the standing rigging, which supports the mast and bowsprit. Running rigging varies between vessels that are rigged fore and aft and those that are square-rigged.