This is a question on how did this work rather than how was it built. I'm looking at the "sheet" in Petersson's book of drawings (page 51). The standing end(hope that's right) is attached to the side of the hull and then it goes to a block on the clue and back down to a fixed block and through the bulwark. I think I read somewhere else that it was belayed on a cleat just inside the fixed block. So when they were using this thing did a bunch of sailors just grab the end of the sheet and pull or was it somehow hooked to the capstan to assist them? Was the capstan ever used to help with the running rigging?
Maybe there is a book that explains how they sailed these ships?
Maybe there is a book that explains how they sailed these ships?
