Main Mast Rigging Question (One or Two Lines?)

[esion]

Hey everyone,

 

I have a rigging line from the futtock plate eye bolt (not sure the correct term) to the main mast.  This is obviously done on both sides, and since the instructions don't show a top down view (or close up), I am curious should line 506 be two seized lines (option A)? Or a single seized line (option B ).  The picture below should help explain my thoughts visually.

 

Any thoughts or guidance would be appreciated.

[amateur]

Option c, two llines with a sort of eye-splice

i will look for a pic. Give me second.

 

Jan

[esion]

Like this?

 

I would love to do something like that but the scale is so small I couldn't.  That is why I suggested just seizing the lines together.

[amateur]

Eyesplice, or horseshoe, I dont know what the correct one is.

In your model it will look the same.

 

Jan

[amateur]

Ofcourse you can fake the splice by a seizing. My point is the way you can seize the lines: one eye, with two standing lines.

 

Jan

[esion]

Thanks Jan!  I will give it a shot on some practice line.  If I can do it I will!  If not, I will just go with two lines seized at both ends.

[amateur]

Thats essentially what it is: two lines eized at the ends, forming a little eye in between.

 

Jan

[esion]

Good point, now I understand what you were going for.  That is a better way to do it.

[S.Coleman]

Twist the line in the oppersite direction until the strands unravel and open up. Then slip the line over the top of the mast. Finish with seizings on either side.