NAUTICAL HARDWARE: ESSENTIAL TO NAVIGATE
In general, the nautical hardware usually refers to the whole set of accessories on the deck of a boat (carabiners, shackles, etc.) that are used to maneuver the sails. The origin of this seaworthy concept goes back to the old sailing ships that, in antiquity, had a stern castle and a forecastle. That’s where the nautical hardware concept comes from. The aft castle consisted of the superstructure of the boat that rose above the main deck at the stern end. The covers placed on this structure constituted the roof of the cabins and the aft cabins, where usually the military officers and the personalities navigating of passage lived. In turn, the forecastle consisted of the superstructure of the boat that rose above […]
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