Turnbuckle

Turnbuckles are widely used in aircraft. Biplanes may use turnbuckles to adjust the tension on structural wires bracing their wings. Turnbuckles are also widely used on flexible cables in flight control systems.

TRUE WIND: The actual direction from which the wind is blowing.
TURNBUCKLE: A threaded, adjustable rigging fitting, used for stays, lifelines and sometimes other rigging.
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UNDERWAY: Vessel in motion, i.e., when not moored, at anchor, or aground.

Turnbuckle
A metal fitting that is turned to tighten or loosen the tension on standing rigging.

Turnbuckle- A device for adjusting the tension on the shrouds and stays.
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Under bare poles- To have no sails up.

TurnbuckleA threaded, adjustable rigging fitting, used for stays, lifelines and sometimes other rigging.
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Turnbuckles: Adjustable fittings usually attached at the end of shrouds and stays. Turning the turnbuckle one way or the other tightens or loosens the wire.
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turnbuckle - An adjustable, threaded rigging fitting, used for lifelines and stays.
Turk's-head - A knot made of small line round a rope as a stopper or for ornament.

TURNBUCKLE.
Turnbuckles are very handy appliances for setting up rigging in a hurry, whereas the same operation conducted by means of a deadeye and a lanyard takes much more time and trouble.

turnbuckle, rigging screw
A device for adjusting tension, usually in a stay. It consists of threaded rods joined by a threaded barrel, plus jaws to attach it to the deck and the stay.
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Turnbuckle
A device used to maintain correct tension on standing rigging.
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Forestay turnbuckle
A stainless steel coupling device consisting of a barrel piece internally threaded at both ends into which a threaded rod from below and the forestay extension from above are screwed in order to adjust the tension of the ...

trick A period of duty at the helm trim To adjust angle of the sails to accord with the wind true north The geographic North Pole true wind The actual speed and direction of the wind felt when standing still turnbuckle A fitting ...

The standing rigging includes double backstays for safety (redundancy), although adjustment is only via the turnbuckles. Like most big cruisers, the rig is not really designed for tweaking, although a rigid vang is standard.

Bottlescrew:
see Turnbuckle
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clevis pin: a small cylindrically shaped pin used to close shackles or outhaul fittings, or to fasten a turnbuckle to a chain plate. clew: the lower after corner of a sail, where the foot meets the leech.

The direction indicated by 000° (or 360°) on the true compass rose.
TRUE WIND - The actual direction from which the wind is blowing.
TURNBUCKLE - A threaded, adjustable rigging fitting, used for stays, lifelines and sometimes other rigging.

Tuning - the adjustment of the standing rigging, the sails and the hull to balance the boat for optimum performance
Turnbuckle: -A threaded, adjustable rigging fitting, used for stays, lifelines, and sometimes other rigging.

Turnbuckle: A fitting used to adjust the length and tension of a shroud or forestay.
Turning mark: a buoy on the race course around which boats must turn.

TURNBUCKLES Used to pull objects together. A link into whose opposite ends two threaded bars, one left-handed, the other right-handed, are inserted.

See also: Boat, Block, Rigging, Hull, Mast