Deadeye sizes 1:1 scale (diameter in inches)

Fore lower 18

Fore topmast 12

Main lower 18

Main topmast 12

Mizzen lower 14

Mizzen topmast 8

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Please note:
There are other eyebolts to be installed on the channels of which I will refer to later.For purposes of clarity I didn't show there locations at this time.You may however want to install them on the channels before any rigging takes place.

As you can see my diagrams are a work in progress.I am learning this stuff as I go along.Any hints or tips are welcome.

Step 24

Main topmast stay.

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Using 8 1/2" rope rig the upper end using the same method.The lower end is tied in a loop around the foremast just under the supports for the top.Its free end is tied off to the deck eyebolt aft of the foremast.


Step 25

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6 1/2" rope is rigged around the masthead led down through the single block at rear of the foremast head and belays to the deck eyebolt.

Please note:

Somewhere down the road I intend to go back and edit each step to include rope sizes,actual run of the rigging and belaying points of both the standing and running rigging and any other useful info that I can think of.Any ideas or suggestions are welcome.Cheers! John.

Step 26

Mizzen Topmast Stay

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5 inch rope tied once around the masthead just at the bottom of the supports,brought down behind the mainmast and tied off around it again halfway between the second and third mastbands below the top supports.

Step 27

Topgallant Shrouds

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Long P233 Plan6

These are of 4" rope on the fore and main and 2 1/2"on the mizzen.

Note: the running rigging is pulling too hard on the mizzen stay and distorting it,this stay is heavy and should show more weight.

Step 28

Fore Topgallant Standing Backstay

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One on each side for each topgallant mast.The pair on the fore are 4" rope and lead to the last eyebolt at the aft end of the forechannels.Those on the main are also 4" and lead to the rearmost eyebolt on the main backstay stools.Tose on the mizzen are 2 1/2" and lead to the rear eyebolt on the mizzen backstay stools.

Steps 29 and 30.

Fore and Main Topgallant Shifting Backstays

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Long P233 Fig 178


One on each side of fore and main topgallant masts only,not on the mizzen.The pair on the fore are 4" rope and have 7" blocks tied in their ends which connect in a luff tackle by a 2" rope to a 7" becket block tied to the last eyebolt on the forechannel.The fall belays around the base of the next deadeye forward.The pair on the main are also 4" rope ,with a 7" double block and a 2" lanyard,the 7"single becket block being tied by a short strop around the base of the first deadeye on the main backstay stool,lying inboard of it.The falls belay to the base of the same first deadeye.

Step 31

Jib Stay

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Tie a short length of 4 1/2 " rope around the jib boom at its outer end ,as a collar called the "jib traveller".To this collar tie a length of 4" rope and lead this through the top sheave of the starboard cheek block on the foremast head and down behind the mast .Tie a 9" double block in its end just above the level of the lower mast cap.Tie another length of 3" rope to the becket of one of the two blocks installed in the aft end of the foretop.Reeve the blocks in a luff tackle leading the fall down through the after hole in the foretop and belaying as in the belaying diagram.

Step 32

Foretopgallant Stay

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Tie one 8" single becket block to the port knighthead.Tie a 4 1/2" rope at the collar of the foretopgallant mast,knot it around the outer end of the jib boom,lead it back towards the port knighthead ,and tie an 8" double block in its end.Connect the two blocks in a luff tackle with a 2 1/2" rope,belaying the fall around the knighthead.

Step 33

Main Topgallant Stay

A 4 1/2 " rope leading from the main topgallant mast collar,down through the block attached at the rear of the foretopmast head,and tied off to the strop on the foretop behind the mast.

Please note: This info that I am recording here would also be quite useful for anyone contempating building the new HMS Vanguard kit in 1/72 scale.(or any other scale for that matter)
It was a ship of the line from the same era as Victory and would have been rigged pretty much the same way.
I really know nothing about this kit good or bad and I haven't even seen the rigging instructions yet.Just a thought! Cheers. John.

Step 34

Mizzen Topgallant Stay.

A 3" rope from the mizzen topgallant mast collar,down through the hole in the mainmast cap.It is tied off to the strop on the maintop behind the mast.

Step 34

Fore topgallant stay

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The following information will be edited into each step in the future.
Attach one 8 " becket block to the port knighthead.Attach a 4 1/2 " TPI....(I will explain TPI later)rope at the collar of the foretopgallant mast,knot it around the outer end of the jib boom and lead it back to the port knighthead.Tie a 8" double block to its end.Connect the two blocks in a luff tackle with a 2 1/2" (TPI) rope,belaying the fall around the knighthead.

I am also planning a "Belaying points diagram" to illustrate ,by number, each of the steps referred to in my headings.

The B&W pictures are to help focus on the specific area that I am talking about, without all the other distractions such as color etc....
This is a very time consuming enterprise that I have taken on but I hope to add some info each day before settling down to my own ongoing diorama projects for the Canada Aviation Museum.Luckily renovations there have been delayed which gives me the perfect opportunity to devote more time to this rigging booklet.
Although my primary attention for the last ten years has been aircraft dioramas,I have loved old sailing ships since I was a child and I continue to research and study them.
Cheers! John.