Highfield lever Highfield lever A Highfield lever is a lever device which allows tension to be rapidly set up in a wire and equally rapidly released to the required extent. It is frequently used in sailing boats where tension in some part of the rigging needs to be adjusted to a pre-set amount as the wind impinges on one side of the sails or the other. It is typically used in running backstays (runners). To make it work, the backstay is led through a block or fairlead along the deck to a two-legged, second order lever mounted with its fulcrum above deck
Lawrence Lever information. With experience in financial editing, Lever oversaw the creation of Citywire's first industry magazine. Lawrence Lever Lawrence Lever is a journalist and entrepreneur, best known for his work investigating The Barlow Clowes Affair. Lawrence Lever was educated at Manchester Grammar School, and went on to study Law at Brasenose College in Oxford University. After earning his degree, he decided not to pursue law, but instead chose a career in journalism. Lever joined The Times in 1985 although he originally began his career as a trained and qualified solicitor. In the 1990s he changed his career towards journalism. Lever was