RIGGING. 



Rigging and Bending the Studding-Sai/s. 



Studding jails bend their yards at the head with rope- 

 bands, the fame as other fquare fails. 



Lower fudding jails, main, 15, (Plate IV. jig. 2.) Outer 

 haliards, 61, reeve through a fpan-block hitched round 

 the lower cap, and through a block at the lower yard- 

 arm or boom-iron, and bend between the cleats of the 

 iiudding-fail-yard ; the other end leads down upon deck. 



Inner haliards, 62, bend to the upper inner cringle on the 

 head of the fail, then reeve through a tail-block made fan: 

 round the quarter of the lower yard, then through another 

 block made fail round the yard near the maft, and lead 

 down upon deck. 



Sheets, 63, are doubled, the bight is put over, and the 

 ends through the inner clue on the foot of the fail ; one leads 

 forward, and the other aft. 



F ore jludding jail, 18, (Plate IV. fg. 2.) fets flying, or 

 with a boom at the foot. If flying, the foot of the fail 

 fpreads on a yard, that rigs with a fpan clinched round 

 each yard-arm. A guy is bent to an eye that is crolled 

 in the middle of the fpan, and leads aft through a block 

 lafhed to the main-chains, leads in through a port, and belays 

 round a cleat in the waift. The fail thus rigged has no 

 tacks. Booms rig as follow : the hook in the inner end 

 hooks to an eye-bolt between the fore -chains and cat-head, 

 and the hook of the main-itudding-fail-boom in an eye of 

 an iron ftrap on the fore part of the main channel ; the end 

 is confined down with a lalhing to the chain-plates ; the 

 inner end of the fore-boom is confined down with a tackle, 

 made faft round the inner end of the boom, and the lower 

 block is hooked to an eye-bolt in the wale ; the guy 

 clinches round the middle of the boom, reeves through a 

 block laflied round the fpritfail-yard, and leads in upon the 

 forecallle. 



Topmast-studding-sails, Main, 16, Fore, 19, (PI. IV. 

 fg. 2.) Haliards, 90, 91, reeve through a block in 

 the fpan round the topmaft-head, under the cap, and 

 through the jewel-block, at the outer end of the top- 

 fail-yard-arm, and bend to the topmaft-ftudding-iail-yard ; 

 the other end leads down upon deck, and belays to the 

 bitts next the maft. 



Sheets are doubled, the bight is put through the inner 

 clue, and the ends through the bight. The after-fheet, 92, 

 cf the fore-topmaft-ltudding-fail leads in abaft the fore- 

 ftirouds, and the fore-fhect, 93, leads in upon the forecallle. 

 The after-lhect, 94, of the main-topmaft-ltudding-fail leads 

 down to the quarter-deck, and the tore-fliect, 95, upon the 

 gangway. 



Tacks, 73, bend to the outer clue of the fail, reeve 

 through a block laflied to the outer end of the boom, and 

 lead aft through a block at the gangway. Tack, 74, 

 of the main-topmalt-ltudding-fail leads in upon the after- 

 part of the quarter-deck through a block laflied upon the 

 quarter. 



Dotvnhauler, 75, reeves through a block laflied to the 

 outer clue of the fail, and through a thimble on the outer 

 leech : it is then made fait to the topmafl-lludding-fail-yard, 

 juft within the earing, and leads into the waill. 



The Booms, 76, 77, are run out by the tackles. The 

 ftrap of the double -block makes fall through a hole in the 

 heel of the boom, and tht/tmter block to the boom-iron, 

 and the fall leads along the yard. On the middle of the 

 boom is fattened a felvagee, cr a ftrap with a thimble, to 

 which is hooked the top-burton-tackle, to fupport the boom 

 'n the middle. 



ToP-ttAi.LANT-STUDl*iNC;-SA.lL.s ; fore, 20, main, J 7, 



(Plate IV. fg. 2.) Haliard reeves through a block feized 

 round the head of the top-gallant-matt, above the hounds 

 or rigging, then tlirough the jewel-block, ftrapt with a 

 thimble through an eye-bolt at the ends of the top-gallant- 

 yards, and bends to the top-gallant-ftudding-fail-yard ; the 

 other end leads down the maft into the top. 



Sheets, 80, are doubled, the bight is put through the 

 lower inner clue of the fail, and the ends through the bight ; 

 one end leads forward, and makes faft to the quarter of the 

 topfail-yard, and the other end leads into the top, and belays 

 to the topmaft-flirouds. 



Tacks, 81, bend to the outer clue of the fail, and reeve 

 through a thimble in a ftrap round the outer end of the top- 

 maft-ftudding-fail-boom ; and in merchant fhips that have 

 no boom, tlirough a thimble in a ftrap round the outer yard- 

 arm of the topmaft-ttudding-fail. The fore-top-gallant- 

 iludding-fail-tack leads aft to the main-chains, and the main 

 leads to the quarter-piece. 



Downhauler, 82, makes faft to the outer yard-arm within 

 the earing, and leads down into the top. 



Rigging and Bending the Spritfail-Courfe. 



The fpritfail-courfe, 13, (Plate IV. fg. 2.) bends to its 

 yard as the fore-courfe. 



Sheets, double, 84, reeve through a block feized to the 

 clue of the fail ; the itanding-part clinches to an eye-bolt in 

 the bow, and the leading- part comes in on the forecaftle. 



Sheets, fingle, bend to the clue of the fail, and lead in- 

 board. 



Clue-lines, 85, reeve through the blocks upon the yard, 

 and bend or reeve through a block at the clue of the fail, 

 and lead iu upon the forecaftle. 



Bunt -lines, double, 86, reeve through the block on the 

 yard, and clinch to the cringles at the foot of the fail, and 

 lead in upon the forecaftle. 



Bunt-lines, fingle, reeve through a block in the flings of 

 the yard, and clinch with legs to the cringles in the foot of 

 the fail, and lead in upon the forecaftle. 



Rigging and Bending the Sprit/ail Top/ail. 



The fpritfail-topfail, 14, (Plate IV. fg. 2.) bends to 

 the yard with lacing and earings. 



Sheets, 88, reeve through the (heet-block at the fpritfail- 

 yard-arm, and hook to the clue of the fail, and lead in upon 

 the forecaftle, through a block laflied on each fide of the 

 bowfprit. 



Clue-lines, 89, the fame as the fpritiail. 



Rigging and Bending the Driver or Spanterflif, II, 

 Plate IV. fg. I. 



This fail is only ufed occafionally, and is bent or hoifted 

 in a temporary manner, thus; it is made faft at the peek, 1 13, 

 afid nock, 1 14, with an earing, as the miv.en, and makes faft 

 to the yard and gaff with four or five pairs of haliards, that 

 reeve tlirough blocks made faft with tails round the yard 

 and gaff, one end of the hahard being bent to the head 

 of the fail. The throat-haliards, uc, reeve with a 

 double and fingle block : the former 'ill round 



the maft-hcad, and the latter hooks to the nock-cringle on 

 the fail. 



Sheet, 116, reeves through a block or (heave-hole at the 

 outer end of the boom, and bendi th ol the fail; 



a luff-tackle is cat's-pawed to the other end of the Iheet ; the 

 inner block hooks to the taffarel, and the l.ill leads in upon 

 the quarter-deck. Winn tin at to the malt, yard, 



or gaff, inftead of the mizen, it bends exactly the tame 

 only the loot of the fail is extended ok the boon 



Tack, 



