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the trestle trees, and one end goes to port
and the other end to starboard. From the
eye there is a pendant port and starboard
with blocks on the ends. Below that there
is a tackle which has a standing end fixed
to the rail eyebolt at the quarter deck.
The line reeves through the upper pen-
dant block and down to a jig tackle which
is set to an eyebolt on the quarter
deck/cabin rail. The fall of this tackle
is belayed to a cleat on the inside of
the bulwark below the rail eyebolt
(
Figure 8-7
).
Topmast backstays:
These port and star-
board stays have an eye at the topmast
and set up to thimbles with lanyards. The
lower thimble has a short pendant which
is seized to the same rail eyebolt used for
the lower mast backstays. The kit contains
small bullseyes that can be used for the
thimbles. Or, just use a seized end loop in
the line instead of actually installing a
thimble (
Figure 8-8
).
4. Fore & Aft Stays
Forestay:
The forestay has a moused eye
over the masthead, then sets up to the
laser-cut walnut hearts with a collar
around the bowsprit (
Figure 8-9
). One
way to make the mouse on a model is
to use a wooden tear- shaped bead and
paint it black or serve over it. Or, just
ignore the mouse and seize the end.
The hearts need to be shaped up a bit,
and cut a groove around them for the
line and collar.
Jibstay:
The jibstay at the head also has a
moused eyesplice like the forestay. The
stay leads down and through the sheave
hole in the end of the bowsprit. From
FIG. 8-6 SPREADER YARD HORSE
MASTHEAD
EYESPLICE
DEADEYES &
LANYARDS
EYEBOLT IN DECK
ON CENTERLINE
FIG. 8-7 RIGGING LOWER MAST BACKSTAYS
MASTHEAD
FORWARD
SINGLE BLOCK
TO CLEAT
INSIDE BULWARK
EYESPLICE
EYEBOLTS IN RAIL
RAIL
SINGLE
BLOCKS
SEIZE
SEIZE
TO PORTSIDE
SAME RIG AS
STARBOARD SIDE
SEIZE IN BACK
OF MAST
FIG. 8-8 RIGGING TOP MAST BACKSTAYS
TOPMAST HEAD
SEIZE
EYESPLICES
FORWARD
SAME EYEBOLT
USED FOR LOWER
BACKSTAY BLOCK
RAIL
EYEBOLT
PENDANT
SEIZE OR GLUE
BITTER END
OF LANYARD
START
BULLSEYES
SAME RIG
ON
PORT SIDE
FIG. 8-9 RIGGING THE FORESTAY
MASTHEAD
MOUSE
EYESPLICED
LOOP
SEIZE
SIMPLIFIED OPTION
SEIZE BITTER END OF
LANYARD OR GLUE
SEIZE
BOWSPRIT
GLUE ON TOP
OF HEART
SEIZE
SIMPLIFIED
EYESPLICES
LASHING
LASER CUT HEARTS
(ADD GROOVE
AROUND
THE EDGE)
START
