Come to grips with the hoisting equipment (6)
I believe the answer is:
tackle
'come to grips with' is the definition.
(tackling is a kind of coming to grips with)
'hoisting equipment' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'equipment' could be 'tack' (tack is a kind of equipment) and 'tack' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'the' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tackle that I've seen before include "Grapple with - ship's running rigging" , "Rugby challenge" , "Try to deal with, rugby opponent or problem" , "Start dealing with the fishing equipment" , "Clobber" .)