Rigging screw for yacht mast stay - all threads concealed, external surface aesthetically smooth

摘要

A rigging screw for adjusting the tension in a stay joining a yacht mast to the boat, concealing all screw threads, has end caps not constituting nut bolt or eyelet, having a smooth exterior designed for appearance preferably having sliding rings concealing the screw threads. The design shown constitutes a ring with internally inversely male threaded ends, housing twin lock nuts and receiving the ends of two female threaded bars to the remote ends of which are attached the cable fixing (cylindrically concealed shackle B and pin F) caps A. Two further tapered sleeves fit over the assembly giving a smooth exterior.