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It is my general impression that the US Navy did not employ brace pendants. The brace blocks in all of the sail plans I can find are seized directly to the yard arms at the shoulder. Anybody know anything about this?

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Mondfeld, in Historic Ship Models, says ( with regard to Europe )  the pendant was very short in ancient/medieval  times and grew longer until the 16/17th centuries when it was

4/10 ( 2/5 ) the length of the yard.

In the course of the 18th century it was shortened until around 1800, when it was situated immediately on the yard arm.

 

I would suspect US practices would have closely followed Europe in many respects.

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Hi Michael,  From what I understand,  the american navy strapped a thimble to the yard and attached the thimble of the block with another timble,  there is a name for this method,  but I don't remember it right now.  The americans were inovative in their rigging and europe tended to follow . -Hal     

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14 minutes ago, Seahawk1313 said:

Hi Michael,  From what I understand,  the american navy strapped a thimble to the yard and attached the thimble of the block with another timble,  there is a name for this method,  but I don't remember it right now.  The americans were inovative in their rigging and europe tended to follow . -Hal     

I think the term for this was called "Dog and Bitch" in England.

Dave :dancetl6:

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