brace pendants

[michaelpsutton2]

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?

Edited August 24, 2018 by michaelpsutton2
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[Gregory]

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.

[Seahawk1313]

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     

[davyboy]

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