Block (sailing) line may slip past the sheave. This kind of block makes a loaded line easier to hold by hand, and is sometimes used on smaller boats for lines like main and jib sheets that are frequently adjusted. Block (sailing) In sailing, a block is a single or multiple pulley. One or a number of "sheaves" are enclosed in an assembly between "cheeks" or "chocks". In use, a block is fixed to the end of a line, to a spar, or to a surface. A line (rope) is "reeved" through the sheaves, and maybe through one or more matching blocks at
Rigging (material handling) Rigging (material handling) Rigging is both a noun, which is the equipment and a verb, which is the action of designing and installing the equipment, in the preparation to lift, lower, hoist or move objects. A team of "riggers" design and install the lifting or rolling equipment needed to raise, roll, slide or lift objects such as with a crane or block and tackle. "Rigging" comes from "rig", to set up or prepare. Rigging is the equipment such as wire rope, turnbuckles, clevis, jacks and slings used with cranes and other lifting equipment in material handling and structure relocation. Rigging