Captain Al Posted March 7, 2016 Share #1 Posted March 7, 2016 Can anyone give me an idea of what the 'burton pendants' are used for? I've looked through two books on rigging and I see them hanging there, but they are always shown just hanging there loose with nothing further attached to them. Are they for the purpose of hoisting things off the deck? If so, would they be tied off when not in use? Hard to imagine these lines just swinging around on a rolling ship. GLakie, Barbossa and mtaylor 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbshan Posted March 7, 2016 Share #2 Posted March 7, 2016 Yes, and yes. You would hook a tackle into these pendants to hoist loads and they would normally be lashed to a shroud when not in use. Harvey, Barbossa, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote Joel Sanborn http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/9953-lexington-by-jbshan-dlumberyard-164-from-the-seaways-practicum-by-clay-feldman/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Al Posted March 8, 2016 Author Share #3 Posted March 8, 2016 Thank you JB. This helps in my rigging plan for my HMS Bounty build. mtaylor and GLakie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Griffith Posted March 9, 2016 Share #4 Posted March 9, 2016 Hey Captain, you might want to get the AOS book "The Armed Transport Bounty" by John McKay. It contains extreme detail of everything. ISBN 087021280x. It is selling for a reasonable amount on Ebay and Amazon. Duff GLakie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Al Posted March 12, 2016 Author Share #5 Posted March 12, 2016 Got it Duffer. And its pretty well worn by now. I just haven't come across anything in McKay that shed much light on these. Maybe the terminology is slightly different. GLakie and mtaylor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbshan Posted March 12, 2016 Share #6 Posted March 12, 2016 They might be called 'main/fore mast pendants'. I found some descriptions of their use in Harland, Seamanship in the Age of Sail. GLakie, robin b and mtaylor 3 Quote Joel Sanborn http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/9953-lexington-by-jbshan-dlumberyard-164-from-the-seaways-practicum-by-clay-feldman/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J T Lombard Posted March 13, 2016 Share #7 Posted March 13, 2016 Al If you look on pg. 96 in the AOS Bounty & see item 39 & 40 I think you'll see what you're looking for. regards J mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Al Posted March 14, 2016 Author Share #8 Posted March 14, 2016 Thanks JT. I'll do that over my cafe latte. mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdT Posted March 17, 2016 Share #9 Posted March 17, 2016 I believe the main purpose of the burton pendants was to put tension on shrouds and backstay - mainly lower shrouds. A tackle could be attached to these and the shroud laniards and used to tighten the shrouds when initially fitted and later as needed. See plate 177 in Darcy Levers's Young Sea Officers Sheet Anchor (1819) for example. These were called pendant tackles on 19th century American Ships and served the same purpose until rigging screws came into use. See S.B.Luce, Seamanship (1868) Figure 46 for example Ed DaveRow and mtaylor 2 Quote All EdT posted material Copyright 2016 Edward J Tosti Young America - extreme clipper 1853 Young America POB Version Modeling the Extreme Clipper Young America Vol 1 1:60 HMS Naiad 1797 The Naiad Frigate Vol I The Naiad Frigate Vol II1:96 Victory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbshan Posted March 19, 2016 Share #10 Posted March 19, 2016 Also in Lever, Fig. 148, where he calls them runner pendants, 'to get in a new mast by the old one, without sheers.' And Fig. 368, for fishing the anchors. mtaylor 1 Quote Joel Sanborn http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/9953-lexington-by-jbshan-dlumberyard-164-from-the-seaways-practicum-by-clay-feldman/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailor1234567890 Posted April 23, 2016 Share #11 Posted April 23, 2016 I've always heard the anchor handling purchase you describe a "fish tackle" to "fish" the anchor up from over the side. mtaylor and Canute 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbshan Posted April 24, 2016 Share #12 Posted April 24, 2016 Yes, the tackle would be the fish tackle, but you need something to hook that tackle into. That's what the pendant is for. mtaylor and Canute 2 Quote Joel Sanborn http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/9953-lexington-by-jbshan-dlumberyard-164-from-the-seaways-practicum-by-clay-feldman/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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