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The Main Topmast Standing Backstays:
There are three pairs of main topmast standing backstays each of 0.75 black thread. The lanyards are of 0.25mm natural. Each
pair are set up in a similar manner to the shrouds using a pair of 5mm deadeyes. Using Plan Sheet 14 for reference, the first
pair are set up to the foremost deadeye of the main backstay channel, the second pair to the 6th deadeye from the rear of the
main channel and the third pair to the 11th deadeye from the rear of the main channel.
The Main Topmast Shifting Backstay:
The main topmast shifting backstay is of 0.75mm black thread and is made up in the same manner as the mizzen topmast
shifting backstay, to an eyelet in the rear of the main channel as shown on Plan Sheet 14.
The Main Topgallant Mast Standing Backstay:
The main topgallant mast standing backstay is of 0.5mm black thread. It is set up in a similar manner to the shrouds using
3.5mm deadeyes into the aft of the main backstay channel as shown on Plan Sheet 14. The lanyards are of 0.25mm natural
thread.
The Main Topgallant Mast Royal Backstay:
The main topgallant mast royal backstay is of 0.25mm black thread. Each end is secured directly to an eyelet (with a whipping)
in the aft of the main backstay channel as shown on Plan Sheet 14.
The Fore Topmast Breast Backstay:
The fore topmast breast backstay is of 0.75mm black thread, and runs down outside the fore 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 fore 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.
The Fore Topmast Shifting Backstay
The fore topmast shifting backstay is of 0.75mm black thread. Set up in the same manner as the mizzen topmast shifting
backstay into a copper eyelet behind the second deadeye from the rear of the fore channel as shown on Plan Sheet 14.
The Fore Topmast Standing Backstays:
There are three pairs of fore topmast standing backstays each of 0.75mm black thread. They are made up in the same manner
as the main topmast standing backstays with 5mm deadeyes. They are set up to each of the three 5mm deadeyes on the fore
channel as shown on Plan Sheet 14.
The Fore Topgallant Mast Standing Backstay:
The fore topgallant mast standing backstay is of 0.5mm black. Set up in the same manner as the main topgallant mast standing
backstay with two 3.5mm deadeyes into the aft of the fore channel as shown on Plan Sheet 14.
The Fore Topgallant Mast Royal Backstay:
The fore topgallant mast royal backstay is of 0.25mm black thread. It is set up in the same manner as the main topgallant mast
royal backstay, to an eyelet in the aft of the fore channel as shown on Plan Sheet 14.
The Jib Stay:
The jib stay is of 0.5mm black thread. The standing end is made fast at the end notch of the jibboom (near the collar casting), it
then travels up to the starboard sheave of the fore topmast as shown on Plan Sheet 13. It then passes down to a block and
tackle on a copper eyelet on the starboard side of the fore top (Fig 033) (using a 3mm single and 3mm double block), the falls
of which are of 0.25mm natural. The running end of the tackle then runs down through the 'top' and is belayed to the main top
bowline bitts, pin 9, (b11).
The Jib Halyard:
The jib halyard is of 0.5mm black thread. The standing end is made fast at the end notch of the flying jibboom. It then travels
up and through a hole drilled fore to aft in the fore topgallant mast as shown on Plan Sheet 13, then down to a block and tackle
on the port side of the fore top as shown (Fig 033). The block and tackle are made up of a 3mm single and 3mm double block
into an eyelet with 0.25mm natural falls. The running end of the tackle then runs through the 'top' and belays to the main top
bowline bitts, pin 4, (b12).
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