[Rhodes22-list] Turnbuckles

[Theodore Boender]

I use these wrap pins. They work well and are easy to adjust. 

http://www.westmarine.com/buy/c-sherman-johnson--wrap-pins-for-turnbuckles--P010071934

Cheers,
Ted

S/V AIRPOWER 
1991/2013 R22
Jacksonville, FL



> On May 2, 2016, at 3:05 PM, Rick <sloopblueheron at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I don't get the premise of securing only one end of the turnbuckle.  There
> is no invisible hand that turns the turnbuckle loose.
> 
> It is the constantly varying tension on the twisted strands of the shroud
> that turn the turnbuckle loose.  Securing only one end just makes the loose
> end loosen twice as fast, which is worse than doing nothing at all.
> 
> Rick
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