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DaveBaxt

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Noticed that some of these are fitted to the ends of yards.Just wondering if the pendant is a specific part or is it just made up of extra wipping to create a long piece of rope between the yard and the block. Hope this makes sense as I have not done this before and wondered how it is achieved. Best Regards Dave

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7 hours ago, Jim Lad said:

Nothing extra special about it, Dave.  Like all such pieces of rigging just a length of rope of the correct size to suit the job.

 

John

Thanks for that John, sound easy and this might be a daft question . So just a length of rope with each end wrapped around the block and the yard and then seized in a number of places at both ends .Best Regards Dave

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As John mentioned, a pendant is usually just a length of rope employed to offset a block from it's attachment point, usually in order to provide a better or more convenient lead.  One end usually has an eye spliced in sized to fit around a mast like the mast tackle pendant or a yard as in a brace pendant or yard tackle pendant.  The other end could have a thimble or an eye splice, or it can have a block turned in for a tackle.

 

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