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Figure 24.


the jig, was quite rigid and had a pleasing catenary curve to the three free sides. (Figure 21)


In a simple vertical jig I sewed the reef points through the reef bands, folded them down on both sides of the sail and froze them there with matte varnish. I realized later that this process would have been easier if I had done it before the sail was stiff ened so I did not have to worry about denting it.


Working carefully I hung the topsail on its mast and rigged the parrell, halyard, liſt s and braces. T e sheets tied to the clews and were run through the fi ddle blocks on the lower yard, through blocks at the center of the spar, and down to the deck. T e leech lines, bunt lines, and bowline bridles were tied onto the cringles and run according to Anderson’s research. (Figure 22) From aſt the leads of the braces and clew lines can be seen. I take many photographs during construction to highlight any problems for speedy correction. Here I saw one reef point had


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