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11. RIGGING. 



The standing rigging, with the exception of foot-ropes, life-lines, and 

 a few pennants, is galvanized iron wire; the running rigging is inanilla. 

 The following are the sizes of rope: 



Wire rigging : Inches. 



Jib-stay and bobstay 4£ 



Forestay and fore and main shronds * 3£ 



Spring-stay (or triatic-stay) and preventer-stay 3 



Bowsprit shrouds , 2f 



Flying-jib and juniper-stays 2£ 



Back-ropes 2£ 



Inner jib-boom guys, outer jumper-stay, fore and main-topmast back-stays, 



foreboom, and fore-staysail topping-lift pennants 2 



Balloon-jib stay and outer jib-boom guys If 



Main-topmast stay, " counter- stay " (from bead of fore-topmast to main- 

 mast-head) fore and main- topmast shrouds 1| 



Upper topmast stays and belly lashing for jib-boom 1 



Hemp ropes : 



Jib foot-ropes and life-lines 2£ 



Main-boom foot- ropes and jib-boom foot-ropes 2^ 



Ratlines, size universally used 



Manilla rope: 



Main-boom topping-lift pennant (four strands) 4£ 



Main-boom tackle pennant (four strands) '. 4 



Fore-boom tackle pennant (four strands) 3£ 



Main-boom topping-lift runner 3 



Boat-gripes 3 



Tarred inanilla lanyards (four strands) for fore and main rigging 3 



Tarred inanilla lanyards (four strands) for head rigging and fore-topmast 



back-stays 2 



Main sheet, fore- and main-peak halyards 3 



Fore- and main-throat halyards, fore sheet and cat stoppers 2f 



Jib halyards, fore-staysail halyards, fore-staysail sheet, jib sheet, after main- 

 staysail halyards, main-staysail sheet, main-boom tackle fall, balloon jib 



sheet, davit tackle falls, and reef earings 2£ 



Forward main-staysail halyards, flying-jib halyards, flying-jib sheet, fore- 

 boom tackle fall, gaff-topsail halyards, gaff-topsail sheets, crutch tackles, 

 main-boom topping-lift fall, fore-staysail topping-lift fall and main top- 

 mast back-stay fall 2£ 



Fore-staysail and jib down-hauls, fore-boom topping-lift fall, fore and main- 

 peak down-hauls, gaff-topsail tacks, reef tackle, main-peak and fore- 

 peak whips, and foot lacings for sails 2 



Balloon-jib halyards, flying-jib down-haul, fore and main gaff- topsail clew- 

 lines, and jib stops If 



Head lacings for sails and sail gaskets 1£ 



The pennant halyards are special size, cotton line, made for that purpose. 



12. BLOCKS, TRUCKS, LEADERS, PINS, ETC. 



The blocks are, generally, made of ash with lignum- vitae sheaves, 

 provided with iron or patent bushings, as specified in the list, and steel 

 pins. The straps are generally galvanized iron, and are inside of the 

 shell of the block. A few of the blocks are made of lignum- vitae, as 

 indicated, and in some cases iron sheaves are used. 



