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The Fore Topgallant Yard:
The fore topgallant yard is held in place by parrells and beads and a tye.
Cut 4 parral ribs in half and use 7 halves and 6 parral beads secured in position with 0.25mm black thread within the sling
cleats.
For the tye of 0.5mm natural thread, the standing end is tied to the centre of the yard. The running end travels up and reeves
through a hole drilled (fore to aft) through the hounds and down towards the fore top. A 3mm double block is tied into the end
of the tye just below the topmast cap. A 3mm single block is lashed to a copper eyelet on the fore top as shown (Fig 033) and
the falls of 0.25mm natural are tied into the arse of the block at the same time. A tackle is then formed between the 3mm
double and 3mm single blocks and the falls then pass down through the top and belay to the pin seven of the main top bowline
bitts (b19).
The Main Yard:
The main yard is held in place by a sling, truss pendants and jeers.
The sling is of 1.3mm black thread and is set up as per the fore yard.
The truss pendants are of 1mm black thread and are also set up as per the fore yard truss pendants with a block and tackle and
belay to small cleats either side of the base of the main mast (b20).
The Jeers are set up as per the fore yard jeers and pass through the foremost hole in the quarterdeck (either side of the main
mast) and belay to the aftermost upper deck bitts (b21). Use a thin piece of wire as a messenger to thread around the bitts and
then attach the jeer to the wire and pull through (repeat several times as several turns will be required). When the jeers are in
position, make fast and add a spot of super glue to secure.
The Main Topmast Yard:
The main topmast yard is held in place by parrells and beads and a tye.
11 parral ribs and 20 parral beads are secured in position with 0.25mm black thread within the sling cleats.
The tye is made up as per the fore topmast yard tie, passing through a truck on the main topmast standing backstay as shown
on Plan Sheet 15. The falls belay to the aftermost kevel on the quarterdeck (just in front of the poop ladder) (b22).
The Main Topgallant Yard:
The main topgallant yard is held in place by parrals and beads and a tye.
Cut 3 parral ribs in half and use the 6 halves and 5 parral beads secured in position with 0.25mm black thread within the sling
cleats.
For the tye of 0.5mm natural thread, the standing end is tied to the centre of the yard. The running end travels up and reeves
through a hole drilled (fore to aft) through the hounds and down towards the main top. A 3mm double block is tied into the end
of the tye just below the topmast cap. A 3mm single block is lashed to a copper eyelet on the main top as shown (Fig 037) and
the falls of 0.25mm natural are tied into the arse of the block at the same time. A tackle is then formed between the 3mm
double and 3mm single blocks and the falls then pass down through the top and belays to the eleventh pin of the fore brace
bitts (b23).
The Crossjack Yard:
The crossjack yard is held in place by a sling and a truss pendant.
The sling is rigged as per the fore main yard and is of 0.5mm black thread.
There is only one truss pendant, of 0.5mm black thread, for the crossjack which leads from the starboard side round the back of
the mizzen mast, through an eye on the port side then down the port side of the mizzen mast towards the deck. A 3mm double
block is tied into the end of the truss approximately 100mm from the deck. A 3mm single block is hooked to a copper eyelet on
the deck (position shown on Plan Sheet 18), and the falls of 0.25mm natural are tied into the crown of the block at the same
time. A tackle is formed between the two blocks and belays to the circular fife rail on the mizzen mast (b24).
The Mizzen Topmast Yard:
The mizzen topmast yard is held in place by parrals and beads and a tye.
7 parral ribs and 12 parral beads are secured in position with 0.25mm black thread within the sling cleats.
The tye is of 0.5mm natural. The standing end is made fast to the mizzen topmast between the topmast cap and the crosstrees,
it then travels down to a 5mm single block lashed to the centre of the yard. It then travels back up and through a sheave drilled
(fore to aft) in the hounds. Then down through a truck on the starboard aftermost mizzen topmast stay. A 5mm double block is
then seized into the end of the tye approximately 25mm below the mizzen top. A 5mm single block is tied into a strop together
with the falls of 0.25mm natural in the crown of the block at the same time. The strop should be of a length that the block is
positioned just above the poop hammock cranes when the end is tied into a copper eyelet in the after end of the mizzen channel
as shown on Plan Sheet 15. A tackle is formed between the two blocks and the falls are belayed to the medium cleat (b25) on
the poop deck directly in front of the large main brace cleat.
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