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J_Lefever

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  1. Hi, ...just saw your project for the first time. It's coming along wonderfully, clean and great craftsmanship. Jim
  2. Ah, the joys of trying to model gravity. Yes, you are absolutely correct, in the real world both sides would evidence considerable sag, especially the return side of the loop. In defense of the Texas modeler, I think the intent was to make a model that actually worked, which would have required extremely flexible line to represent the effect of gravity as the ropes moved.
  3. This short report and model from the Texas A+M Nautical Archaeology site might also be interesting: http://nautarch.tamu.edu/model/report2/
  4. The blocks at the rail are hooked to eyes in the rail. Lines leading through the blocks tie off to the short pinrail lashed into the deadeye lanyards (see fig. 76 in the instruction book.)
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