(57) The invention is concerned with an apparatus for the slowing-down of the swing of
a boom, for instance on board of a sailing-vessel, such as a boom, tiller and the
like.
The apparatus made according to the invention distin- quishes itself by a closed casing
that is relatively small and light, with two oval openings, between which a channel
- included in the casing - extends in order to take in a flexible element such as
a rope, which is attached to the ship between two points that are at some distance
from each other.
The apparatus has been applied in such a way that at a swing of a boom or tiller the
flexible element is being pulled through the channel, the latter exhibiting a slowing-down
effect on the flexible element as a result of the friction.
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