Backstay tensioning device

Details Backstay tensioning device Backstay tensioning device

1978-08-18

1980-09-30

Phillips, Charles E.

Ships

Sail or control means therefor

Rigging screws and stretchers

254399, B63H 908

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active

042248906

ABSTRACT:
A self-contained tensioning device for adjusting the tension of a backstay cooperates with a bridle which connects the backstay to the transom of a sailboat. The device includes a pair of plates having sheaves rotatably mounted between the plates to form a passageway for the bridle cables and a block and tackle for adjusting the plates and sheaves along the bridle cables relative to the transom. By varying the position of the plates and sheaves along the bridle, the spacing between the bridle cables is decreased or increased and the tension in the backstay is adjusted.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1968321 (1934-07-01), Shope
"Turnbuckles", 1971 Land's End Yachtman's Equipment Guide, p. 218.

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