"We use them on both the upper and lower shrouds. Laughably superior to
homemade products used on some Melges 24s and Ultimate 20s or Vise Grip and
metric box-end wrench (which I tend to drop in the water) for these critical
everyday sport boat rig tunes."
Sealoc calibrated turnbuckles allow you to set rig tension precisely
and with repeatability using an easy-to-read scale on the side of the
turnbuckle barrel. Instead of turning a stud or turnbuckle body between
two ends, you make a single adjustment on a coupling nut, which allows
finer adjustment and more tension on the wire than with a normal
turnbuckle. Integral toggle prevents off-axis loads on either wire or
turnbuckle body. Bronze coupling nut eliminates galling, Sealoc
calibrated turnbuckles allow you to set rig tension precisely and with
repeatability using an easy-to-read scale on the side of the turnbuckle
barrel. Instead of turning a stud or turnbuckle body between two ends,
you make a single adjustment on a coupling nut, which allows finer
adjustment and more tension on the wire than with a normal turnbuckle.
Integral toggle prevents off-axis loads on either wire or turnbuckle body.
Machine swage fitting at upper end thread seizure
Allows for finer adjustments and more tension
Machine swage fitting at upper end
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