Rigging the mast of a schooner.

[Robert Halliday]

I am in the process of rigging a scratch model of a Newfoundland banking schooler in the class of a “western boat”, but I am confused as to the attachment of the shrouds at the top of the mast. Two shrouds bend around the mast at the cross trees or spreaders and I am not sure about the third. I think that the third goes to the mast head and it should lead. Through the end of the aft spreader but this does not lead through in a straight line. Chapelle is not clear on this. Can I get some feedback on this.

 

[Corsair]

Can the 3rd go up the mast on one side and back down on the other? That would be your 3rd for both sides then.

 

[Uwek]

Did you check already the different topics in the Bluenose group build - here you can find maybe additional answers

Bluenose PoF Group Build

 

[Peter Voogt]

I am in the process of rigging a scratch model of a Newfoundland banking schooler in the class of a “western boat”, but I am confused as to the attachment of the shrouds at the top of the mast. Two shrouds bend around the mast at the cross trees or spreaders and I am not sure about the third. I think that the third goes to the mast head and it should lead. Through the end of the aft spreader but this does not lead through in a straight line. Chapelle is not clear on this. Can I get some feedback on this.

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Hi Robert. Nice to see the scratch build of your schooner. About your shrouds question: I suppose its about the shrouds around the top if the lower masts?
If there is a uneven amount of shrouds, the single uneven one is often served as a ‘swifter’:

The text is in Dutch, it’s the top one noticed as ‘B’.
It’s this what you mean?
Regards, Peter

 

[Corsair]

Hi Robert. Nice to see the scratch build of your schooner. About your shrouds question: I suppose its about the shrouds around the top if the lower masts?
If there is a uneven amount of shrouds, the single uneven one is often served as a ‘swifter’:
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The text is in Dutch, it’s the top one noticed as ‘a’.
It’s this what you mean?
Regards, Peter

That is what I was describing.