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The Main Topmast Yard:
The main topmast yard is held in place by parrel beads, no falls are required, and a tie.
12 parrel beads are secured in position with 0.25mm black thread within the sling cleats.
The parrel rope passes over and around the yard and is then loaded with parrel beads, around the mast and is then secured
around the yard on the opposite side. The ropes should remain within the sling cleats.
The tie (one each side) is of 0.5mm natural thread. Initially, the tie is set up as per the shrouds, that is to say that it passes
around the head of the mast, over and above the shrouds, into one end a 5mm single block is secured so that it hangs
approximately 10mm below the trestletrees, passing between the first and second crosstrees, the opposite end forms the
running end and also passes down between the first and second crosstrees. Lash the pair of 'legs' together near the tops, with a
simple clove hitch, using 0.25mm black thread and then push the knot up to the bolster, again as per the shrouds. The running
end of the port tie reeves through the after sheave, from port to starboard, of the 5mm double tie block on the yard, it then
passes up and through the 5mm single block of the starboard tie and immediately down 'outside' and aft of the main top. A
3mm single block is seized into the end of the tie approximately 35mm below the main top, the falls of 0.25mm natural are
secured into the arse of this block at the same time. The running end of the starboard tie follows a similar route, passing
through the forward sheave of the 5mm double tie block on the yard, starboard to port, up through the 5mm single block of
the port tie, down 'outside' and aft of the main top with a 3mm single block and 0.25mm natural falls seized into the end,
35mm below the main top. 3mm single blocks (one each side) held in 30mm pendants of 0.5mm black thread are now rigged
into the copper eyelets on the main channel (aft) positioned as shown on Plan Sheets 7 & 9. A tackle is set up between these
blocks and the ties with the falls being belayed to the deadeye strop of the main backstay (7th shroud) (b8).
The Main Topgallant Yard:
The main topgallant yard is held in place by parrel beads, no falls are required, and a tie.
6 parrel beads are secured in position with 0.25mm black thread within the sling cleats.
They are rigged as per the main topmast yard parrels.
The tie is of 0.25mm natural thread. Referring to Plan Sheet 7, the standing end is secured at the hounds above the standing
rigging, it then leads down and through the 3mm tie block lashed to the centre of the topgallant yard, back up and passes
through a 0.5mm hole (sheave) drilled fore and aft through the topgallant mast 5mm beneath the hounds. It then passes down
behind the mast and is belayed to the aftermost port futtock strop in the main top (b9).
The Crossjack Yard:
The crossjack yard is held in place by a sling and a tie.
The sling is 0.5mm black thread, pass the rope around the yard and lash together against the after face, pass the 'legs' of the
rope around the back of the mast and around the opposite side of the yard, where it is lashed together in a similar manner
against the after face. Remembering that the sling must remain within the sling cleats.
A 5mm single block is lashed to the centre of the yard with 0.25mm black thread. Referring to Plan Sheet 7, the tie of 0.5mm
natural is formed by creating a small eye in one end; the opposite end passes through the 5mm single block on the yard (from
starboard to port). It then leads up through the mizzen top lubber's hole and around the back of the mast head, back down
and through the lubber's hole on the other side of the mast head and back to its own eye where it is passed through and seized
back onto itself.
The Mizzen Topmast Yard:
The mizzen topmast yard is held in place by parrel beads, no falls are required, and a tie.
7 parrel beads are secured in position with 0.25mm black thread within the sling cleats. They are rigged as per the main
topmast yard parrels.
The tie is of 0.25mm natural thread. Referring to Plan Sheet 7, the standing end is secured around the mizzen topmast head, it
then leads down, port side, between the first and second crosstrees, through the 5mm single tie block (port to starboard) on
the centre of the topmast yard, back up and reeves through a 0.5mm hole (sheave) drilled fore and aft through the topmast head
20mm below the top. It then passes down outside the mizzen top, starboard side and a 3mm single block is seized into the end
approximately 30mm below the mizzen top with the falls of 0.25mm natural into the arse of this block at the same time. A
3mm single block is seized into a 30mm pendant of 0.5mm black thread rigged to a copper eyelet on the mizzen starboard
channel positioned as shown on Plan Sheets 7 & 9. A tackle is set up between this block and the tie with the falls being
belayed to the aftermost starboard belaying pin of the mizzen shroud pinrail (b10).
The Mizzen Topgallant Yard:
The mizzen topgallant yard is held in place by parrel beads, no falls are required, and a tie.
6 parrel beads are secured in position with 0.25mm black thread within the sling cleats. They are rigged as per the main
topmast yard parrels.
The tie is of 0.25mm natural thread and, referring to Plan Sheet 7, is rigged as per the main topgallant yard tie and is belayed
to the aftermost port futtock strop in the mizzen top (b11).
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