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neath the butt as a compression pad, and reinforce had all better be first-rate. Take a turn around the
the cabin beams at this point with heavy bracing capstan with the forestay line and snub it to keep
salvaged from the boom, whisker pole, or bowsprit. the mast from going over backward.
Run the backstay line through a turning block to a When the mast is plumb, pass the attached
winch and horse the mast up by main force until ropes through shackles on the chainplates and the
the angle is high enough for the winch to take over. lower ends of the shrouds several times to form lan-
The hands on the shrouds will have a tough time of yards, and tighten them moderately. Now get out
keeping the mast from falling sideways; go slowly some more spare lines and a come-along, and lash
so they can pay out their lines evenly. You’ll have to the base of the mast very tightly to the stump. Take
go forward to tend the forestay as the mast goes up, up some more on the shrouds and stays, check all
so the backstay, turning block, winch, and winchers attachment points, and you’re ready to hoist a sail
or two.
Figure 9-6. A Molly Hogan splice is made by unlaying
three adjacent strands of a 7 x 7 or 7 x 19 wire rope Problem: No matter what jury rig is needed, the
for a distance equal to about two-and-a-quarter times crew fails to see it as a design exercise.
the circumference of the desired eye. Overhand-Knot
the resulting two bundles together—left over right—to Response: Long before such unpleasantness might
form the eye (A), then lay the two bundles into each occur, you get to know your rig on an intellectual
other’s vacant spaces, right down to the standing part level. There are no principles or techniques specific
(B). At this point, cut the heart out of the bundle it’s to jury rigging. It is just design and installation,
in (C), helix the six strands smoothly down onto the constrained more than usual by time and available
standing part, and tape them down (D). materials. One will likely not have the leisure to run

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