What is the difference in use between a
rigging toggle and a
rigging fork? When is one used and the other not? I understand that a toggle allows multidirectional play in the rigging, so why not always use it and get rid of the fork?
This may seem like a basic question, but I cannot find an answer in any of the usual
books I reference. I also cannot find the answer online. I am planning the replacement of the rigging on a 35 ft sailboat and could simply replace what is already there, but I want to understand why one part is used and another is not.
Currently the turnbuckles attached to the chainplates on my
boat have a toggle/turnbuckle/fork in series. An eye with swaged wire going up the
mast is then attached to the fork. Why is it not toggle/turnbuckle/toggle? Could it be? Advantages/disadvantages?
Thanks,
GD