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The Fore Topmast Preventer Stay:
The fore topmast preventer stay is 0.75mm black thread and requires an eye and mouse approximately 40mm below the
topmast top. The running end passes through the sheave in the port bee of the bowsprit and runs down the port side of the
bowsprit with a 7mm double jeer block seized into the end of the stay approximately 35mm from the knighthead. At the same
time a 0.5mm natural falls must be seized into the arse of the 7mm double jeer block. A brass rigging hook is now seized into
the arse of a 3mm double block which in turn is hooked through a copper eyelet in the forward side of the knighthead. The
0.5mm natural falls are made up into a tackle between the 7mm double jeer and 3mm double block and is belayed to the
knighthead below the eyelet (b8).
The Fore Topmast Stay:
The fore topmast stay is 1mm black thread and requires an eye and mouse approximately 45mm below the topmast top. The
running end passes down through the sheave in the starboard bee of the bowsprit and runs down the starboard side of the
bowsprit. A block and tackle is made up, to the starboard knighthead, in a similar manner as the fore topmast preventer stay but
10mm double and 5mm double blocks are used in place of the 7mm and 3mm blocks respectfully. The falls belay to the
starboard knighthead below the eyelet (b7)
The Main Topgallant Flagstaff Stay:
The main topgallant flagstaff stay is of 0.25mm black thread. The standing end is made fast at the main topgallant mast cap.
The running end passes through an eyelet above the hounds on the fore topgallant mast and then travels down and is secured
by a lanyard to a copper eyelet positioned directly above the foremast preventer stay (b9).
The Fore Topgallant Mast Stay:
The fore topgallant mast stay is of 0.5mm black thread. The standing end is made fast at the fore mast hounds as shown on
Plan Sheet 13. The running end passes down and through the copper eyelet behind the collar casting in the top of the jibboom
and runs down the port side of the bowsprit. Seize a 3mm double block in the end of the fore topgallant mast stay
approximately 30mm from the port knighthead under the marines' walk. A 3mm single block is lashed to a brass eyelet in the
forward side of the knighthead, at the same time a falls of 0.25mm natural thread it tied to the arse of the 3mm single block and
forms a tackle between the 3mm single and double blocks and belays to the top of the port knighthead (b10).
The Fore Topgallant Flagstaff Stay:
The fore topgallant flagstaff stay will be fitted at a later stage after the dolphin striker and martingales have been fitted.
The Mizzen Topmast Standing Backstay:
The mizzen topmast standing backstay is 0.5mm black thread. Using Plan Sheet 14 for reference the mizzen topmast standing
backstay is set up in a similar fashion to the shrouds using two 5mm deadeyes seized onto the mizzen backstay channel as
shown.
The Mizzen Topmast Shifting Backstay:
The mizzen topmast shifting backstay is 0.5mm black thread. Using Plan Sheet 14 for reference, seize a 3mm double block
into either end of the stay at a distance from the channel as shown on the drawings. Set up a 3mm single block with a rigging
hook (548) seized into the arse together with the tackle falls (in the crown) of 0.25mm natural thread, hook the 3mm single
block into the copper eyelet on the mizzen channel and set up the tackle with the 3mm double block. The running end of the
tackle is secured around the hook on the 3mm single block.
The Mizzen Topgallant Mast Backstay:
The mizzen topgallant mast backstay is of 0.25mm black thread. Using Plan Sheet 14 for reference the mizzen topgallant mast
backstay is set up in a similar fashion to the shrouds using two 3.5mm deadeyes seized into the mizzen backstay channel as
shown.
The Main Topmast Breast Backstay:
The main topmast breast backstay is of 0.75mm black thread and runs down outside the main lower mast 'top'. Using Plan
Sheet 14 as reference seize a 5mm single block into the lower end of the stay. Through this block reeves a 0.50mm black
thread runner, whose after end is made fast to the strop of the third deadeye (from the front) of the main channel. A 5mm
single block is turned into the fore end of the runner and a tackle is made up using a 5mm double block seized around the first
deadeye strop (from the front) on the channel. The falls are made of 0.25mm natural and are belayed to the breast backstay
above the 5mm single block.
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