DelF
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Hi Delf. I’ve been following your Speedy build which has been really helpful, so thanks very much. For the main yard and fore yard truss pendants, which ring bolt on the deck did you use and where did you tie it off?
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Hi. Apologies for the tardy reply - I haven't visited the forum for a while.
I'm glad you found my log helpful. It's a few years since I rigged her so I had to get the model out off the shelf to refresh my memory. Just abaft each mast there is a short line of ring bolts. In each case, I used the outermost ring on the port side. I had a look back at my log and the following section explains how the line was tied off: "The next job was to seize a double block into the end of each pendant, with the falls rigged to a single block hooked to an eyebolt abaft the mast. The kit instructions simply say to belay the end of the falls to the nearest convenient point. I believe it is neater and equally valid (according to TFFM and others) to wrap the spare end round the tackle and finish with a half hitch. I used a clip to hold the tackle in place while I did the hitching." In other words, you hook the lower block to the portside ringbolt then bring the line up about half way back to the double block, wrap it round itself a few times and finish with a half hitch. You can see this in the log photos illustrating this step. I understand this was common practice where a tackle only had to be adjusted occasionally.
Hope this helps, and best wishes with your build.
Derek
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