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The Mizzen Stay:
Referring to Plan Sheet 6, the mizzen stay is of 1mm black thread and requires an eye and mouse as follows
1.
Seize a loop at the end of the stay large enough for the stay to run through it. This loop is called an eye.
2.
Using 0.5mm black thread, wrap the thread around the stay at a distance of 45mm from the eye and create a bump
large enough to simulate a mouse and prevent the eye from passing over it Plan Sheet 6, 'Eye & mouse setup'.
3.
Thread the eye end of the stay up through the mizzen top lubber's hole from the port side around the mast and back
down through the lubber's hole, starboard side.
4.
Lead the running end of the stay through the eye until it is held by the mouse.
A 5mm deadeye is lashed to the after side of the main mast 30mm above the deck using 0.75mm black thread.
A 5mm deadeye is also seized into the end of the stay approximately 15mm from the deadeye in the after face of the main
mast. A lanyard of 0.25mm natural thread is then set up between these two deadeyes and is belayed back onto the stay.
The Mizzen Topmast Stay:
Referring to Plan Sheet 6, the mizzen topmast stay is of 0.5mm black thread and requires an eye and mouse (the mouse
positioned 45mm from the eye).
The eye is passed around the topmast head, over the crosstrees and down between the trestletrees in front of the crosstrees. The
running end is passed through the eye until it is held by the mouse.
A 5mm deadeye is lashed to the after face of the main mast with 0.25mm black thread directly beneath the jeer strop cleat.
A 5mm deadeye is seized into the end of the stay approximately 15mm from the deadeye in the after face of the mast. A
lanyard of 0.1mm natural thread is then set up between these two deadeyes and is belayed back onto the stay.
The Main Stay:
Referring to Plan Sheet 6, the main mast stay is of 1.3mm black thread and requires an eye and mouse (the mouse positioned
110mm from the eye). Thread the eye end of the stay up through the main top lubber's hole from the port side around the mast
and back down through the lubber's hole, starboard side. Lead the running end of the stay through the eye until it is held by the
mouse.
A 7mm closed heart block is held in a collar of 0.75mm black thread which passes from the block down around the bowsprit,
through the hole in the stem and back to the block.
A 7mm closed heart block is secured into the end of the main stay approximately 15mm from the block in the collar and they
are lashed together with 0.5mm natural thread as shown on Plan Sheet 6, 'Method of seizing closed heart 'collar' to closed
heart of 'stay''.
The Main Preventer Stay:
The main preventer stay is of 1mm black thread and requires an eye and mouse (the mouse positioned 110mm from the eye).
Thread the eye end of the stay up through the main top lubber's hole from the port side around the mast and back down
through the lubber's hole, starboard side. Lead the running end of the stay through the eye until it is held by the mouse.
A 7mm closed heart block is held in a collar of 0.75mm black thread, to the bowsprit, positioned directly behind the jibboom.
A 7mm closed heart block is secured into the end of the main preventer stay approximately 15mm from the block in the collar
and they are lashed together with 0.25mm natural thread.
The Main Topmast Stay:
The main topmast stay is of 0.75mm black thread and requires an eye and mouse (the mouse positioned 50mm from the eye).
The eye end of the stay is passed around the topmast head, from port to starboard, between the second and third crosstrees.
Lead the running end of the stay through the eye until it is held by the mouse.
The running end then travels down through the forward starboard sheave hole in the bees and leads in towards the bow where a
3mm single block approximately 30mm from the bow is seized into the end. At the same time, the tackle falls of 0.1mm
natural thread are tied into the arse of this 3mm block.
A copper eyelet painted matt (metal) black is secured into the bow as shown on Plan Sheet 6, directly under the starboard
knighthead. A 3mm single block with a small rigging hook (217) seized into its arse is hooked into the copper eyelet (hook
up). The tackle is then set up between the two blocks and the falls are belayed to the starboard knighthead (b1)
The Main Topgallant Stay:
The main topgallant stay is of 0.25mm black thread. The standing end is tied off at the main mast hounds as shown on Plan
Sheet 6. The running end passes through a 3mm single block secured to the end of the jibboom it then leads in towards the bow
where it is lashed to the collar of the main stay (b2) port side.
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