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Comment by Eddie Offermann on April 18, 2013 at 6:26pm
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Ohhhh - so is THAT what the triangular thingie is? A mizzen sheet horse! That's spectacular!
Then I'll stick a pulley on THAT while I'm up there this weekend. Thanks.
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Comment by Clyde A. Phillips on April 18, 2013 at 6:15pm
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Eddie,
A double block is used when you have both the mule and mizzen stays'l, which I assume you have. BUT, that's not needed on your rig. You have a mizzen sheet horse mounted to the masthead, so the mule sheet will pass through a single block mounted on the horse. The horse should allow the mule to be trimmed better than is allowed by a sheet block mounted on the center line of the rig. The wider the horse the better except that the wider they get on a masthead the more leverage the mule has to twist the mast. Continued twisting can play havoc on the glue joints and fiberglass on the mast. I think yours looks good; I wouldn't suggest making it wider.
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I should probably swap that block out with a double while I'm up there.
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