Terminating stays...

[Jsk]

What would be the most likely way of terminating the tackle lines on a back stay?

 

Below is a picture of the rigging diagram of the Revenue Cutter I'm working on as well as the area in question on the model. Block B2-2 terminates on Ringbolt B--but how? Would it be tied to the ringbolt? Block B2-1 is attached to Ringbolt A--but how? Likewise, would it be tied directly to the ring or would there be a hook? Does the tackle fall tie to the ringbolt, too?

 

TIA

[popeye2sea]

The standing part of the runner could either have an eye spliced in the end and the eye seized to ringbolt B, or there could be an eye spliced with a hook and hooked to the ringbolt.  I am fairly certain that the runner would not be spliced directly through the ringbolt.

The same can be said about the lower tackle block at ringbolt A. Except that is more likely to have a hook spliced into a becket on the block.

 

Most rigging is set up so that removing the line does not entail cutting the rope itself so to facilitate using the tackle in a new location without the hassle of re-splicing the line or having to re-rig an entire line because it is now too short.  It is far more efficient to just cut a seizing to remove or shift the tackle.

 

Regards,

Henry

Edited July 21 by popeye2sea

[Dr PR]

Some books say the fall (at B2-2) is tied off below the block B2-1 to the line between the block and the hook.

 

This is a running backstay. When the ship tacks the windward side backstay is hooked to the ringbolts shown in the drawing and tightened to take the strain on the mast. The leeward side backstay is loosened and unhooked to allow the boom to swing outboard.

 

Both the block B2-1 and the runner tackle fall have hooks. This allows the tackle to be moved quickly. Nothing is tied permanently to the ring bolts.

[Jsk]

Hmmm... thanks, guys.

 

So a hook or an eye. Working at 1/72nd scale I don't think a spliced eye would be noticeable--at least given my dodgy vision! Probably beyond my hand/eye coordination, too.

 

Hooks might be an option. I bought some from Syren when I first started this project. The smallest, though is 4mm total length. That would come in at 11.3 inches in 1/72. That seems over-scaled. Hand crafting smaller hooks may very well be beyond my abilities, too. I wasn't able to craft 'em when I rigged the gun which is how I ended up with the Syren hooks.

 

In this case it seems to me that it would be less egregious to forego both eyes and hooks and tie the lines directly to the rings than to have over-scaled hooks.

 

Historically, how big would the hooks be?