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The Mizzen topgallant yard:
The mizzen topgallant yard is held in place by parrals and beads and a tye.
Cut 3 parral ribs in half and use 5 of the halves and 4 parral beads secured in position with 0.25mm black thread within the
sling cleats.
The tye is of 0.25mm natural. The standing end is secured to the centre of the yard and passes up through a sheave drilled (fore
to aft) in the hounds. It then travels down and has a 3mm double block tied into the end just above the topmast top. A 3mm
single block is tied to a copper eyelet on the mizzen top as shown (Fig 041) with falls of 0.1mm natural tied to the crown of the
block at the same time. A tackle is formed between the two blocks and belays to pin four in the mizzen topsail sheet bitts
(b26).
The Spritsail Yard:
The spritsail yard is held in place by a sling and a strop.
The yard is positioned directly in front of the foremost bobstay. The sling is of 0.75mm black thread and passes around the
centre of the yard, up over the bowsprit against the front of the jibboom saddle.
The strop is of 0.75mm black thread. It is made fast to a copper eyelet in the centre of the bottom aft face of the bowsprit cap.
The other end is made fast to another copper eyelet in the front of the centre of the spritsail yard.
The Spritsail Topsail Yard:
The spritsail topsail yard is held in place by parrals and beads and a halyard.
Cut 3 parral ribs in half and use the 6 halves and 5 parral beads secured in position with 0.25mm black thread.
The halyard is of 0.25mm natural thread. A 3mm single block is held in a strop to the collar casting in the end of the jibboom
with the falls tied to the arse of the block at the same time. A second 3mm single block is tied around the centre of the yard. A
tackle is formed between the two blocks and is belayed to the centre pin in the fore topsail sheet bitts (b27).
The next stage is the lifts, buntlines and leechlines for each yard as follows.
The Fore Yard:
The fore yard lifts are of 0.5mm natural thread. Two 5mm single blocks are tied in a span round the mast cap in the foremost
slot created by the cap saddles as shown (Fig 036), the lift is tied into the arse of these blocks at the same time. It then travels
out to the 5mm single lift block on the yard (lashed to the sheet block), back up through the block in the span around the cap.
Then down through the 'top' and through the sheave drilled (fore to aft) in the foremost kevel on the forecastle and belays
there (b28).
The fore yard buntlines are of 0.25mm natural. Tie a toggle in the end of the buntlines (Fig 047). The inner buntline passes
through the inner 3mm single buntline block on the yard and travels up through the innermost sheave of the middle 3mm
double block under the front of the fore top. It then runs along the underside of the top and through the innermost sheave of the
middle 3mm double block at the back of the fore top as shown on Plan Sheet 16, 'Fore top under-hanging block usage' and
down to the 3rd and 6th forecastle breast beam supports (adjacent to the belfry) (b29). The outer buntline follows the same
route but through the outer sheave of the same 3mm double blocks and belays at the same point.
The leechlines are of 0.25mm natural and are set up in the same manner as the buntlines but pass through the outermost sheave
in the outer 3mm double blocks under the top. They then pass down and belay to the 1st and 8th forecastle breast beam
supports (b30).
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