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Deadeyes
A deadeye (the block) is so called because the sailors felt it looked like a skull. It has no moving parts and was often carved from a single piece of elm. When mounted in pairs and threaded with a single piece of rope, the rope or lanyard, can be pulled to tighten and then secure the standing or semi-permanemt rigging.Such a rig has the same mechanical advantage as two triple blocks.
Sailing is physics change my mind
@sylvia-morris, here’s a cool reference for that piece you did, like, 3 years ago.🙂
Reposted from https://lies.tumblr.com/post/641928494926954496.
