Boat Pulleys

Pulleys are essential when it comes to using a boat. Whether the vessel is a sailboat or a motor boat, pulleys help sailors sail and owners of motor boats…motor their boats. All clever phrasing aside, boat pulleys: •    Help a sailor adjust his sails for maximum lift...

The Different Types of Pulleys

Pulleys are true engineering marvels, even in their simplest form – a single rope running through a wheel – as they allow a human to lift or more a heavy object easily. The simplest of pulleys are known as fixed pulleys. These systems are such that the pulley’s wheel...

How a Pulley Works

We use pulleys so that we may lift an object that’s far heavier than we could lift on our own. Sometimes we use a pulley to lift an object that’s so heavy, it takes a mighty large, and multiple-wheeled pulley to lift it. But how does a pulley lift? Why does this...