[Public-list] Halyard Sheaves and Rope Halyard Question

[George Dinwiddie]

Gordon Laco wrote:
> Another thing I was taught was the fairly foul name sailors then had for the
> part of a block where the rope goes in.  There was also a name for the part
> below the sheave where the rope won't fit...

I've had fairly foul names for all sorts of parts that wouldn't fit.

>> My 2 cents on terminating the halyard - I don't use splices because they can
>> jam in the throat of the sheave box at the mast head. In my time in
>> historic replicas I grew to respect seizings and that is what I use. For
>> many years my braided rope halyards have been terminated by sewing then
>> seizing... The whole then covered with leather.

Where could I find instructions to do this correctly?  It sounds easier, 
to me, than eye-splicing double braid.

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