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A Pütting ( das, plural Püttings ) is a fitting on sailing ships to which shrouds are attached. The chuck serves to introduce the tensile force of the shrouds into the ship's hull and is therefore attached to the outside, i.e. in the area of the ship's side.
A chute is usually made of steel and is screwed to the deck or ship's side with massive screws. In some constructions, the underside also extends into the deck with an extension and is screwed tight there. In any case, the fuselage is specially reinforced at the point where the chucks are mounted in order to introduce the force into the fuselage over a large area. When sailing close to wind, practically all of the transverse force on the boat is introduced into the hull via the windward puttings. This can reach several times the total displacement.
The shrouds are attached to the eyelets on the top. In between there is a turnbuckle to adjust the shroud tension and an intermediate piece called a toggle so that the shrouds can move as freely as possible when the rig is working in rough seas or when heeling. The lower and upper shrouds on the same side can be distributed on different püttings (lower picture) or use two eyelets on the same (above).
Fittings for the same purpose can also be found on the bow and stern to attach the stage, but their designation as chucks is not uniform.
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- Joachim Schult: Sailors Lexicon . 13th updated edition. Delius Klasing, Bielefeld 2008, ISBN 978-3-7688-1041-8
- Rig-Rite Inc's description of a chainplate , accessed March 30, 2013