The fittings refer to all the equipment on the deck of a boat. A capillot has the function of a cleat and is mainly used on old rigs. They are wooden or metal pegs, movable and vertical through a rack. They are used to turn the current maneuvers or as a pulley to deflect a sheet.
The marine vases excavated at the bottom of the ancient harbor have allowed the exceptional conservation of wooden objects, here an ancient green oak capillot.
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