Still doing most of my work off-boat using my trusty styrofoam base. After I attached the blocks to the masts, my next task was to start on the yards. Following the plans, I attached the blocks on the yards using the S-shaped seizing technique.
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I put in the stirrups and footropes.
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Here's the completed yards .
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The next step took me a while to finish because I had to do a lot of reading as to how to mount the various yards to the masts. The instructions weren't clear which method to use to attach the different types of yards, i.e. yards for lower mast, top mast, topgallant and royal masts.
In the end, I decided to use the method below using truss pendants to mount the lower yards for all 3 masts(mizzen, main and fore), except I added trucks (rollers).
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The kit didn't come with the tiny rings for the sling. Luckily I was able to dig up a couple from my stash.
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The yard was attached to the sling using the rings, and the rope then went through the hole in the mast top and then slung to the mast cap.
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Still working on the lower yards...I attached the yard to the mast is using a truss as illustrated by the picture at the beginning of this post. I started by forming an eye at the end of the rope. I followed the illustration to form the truss around the mast, and, rightly or wrongly, I decided to put rollers(trucks) on the truss.There will be two lengths of rope that I will leave hanging down for later rigging to the deck.
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For the topmast and topgallant yards, I decided to mount using the following approach. It is basically a parrel that secures the yard to the topmast.
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Except I didn't have the parts to make a parrel. As shown in above drawing, I needed rollers(trucks) which i have, and the ribs which didn't come with the kit.
I dyi the ribs using a planking strip and cut 10mm pieces as below. I then drilled two holes where the rope will pass. Rounded the corners and put the little dimple in the center. The assembled parrel turned out ok
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The last yard that I needed to mount is the one below the lower mizzen yard. This was simply attached using the S- shaped seizing technique.
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That completes the mounting of the yards. Here is what I have so far.
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The next steps are going to be fun. I think I'm almost ready to step my masts onto the deck and start working on the standing and running rigging.
Till next time friends.... thanks for stopping by.