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The rectangular hole in the bottom ofeach top (except the spritsail top) is wider than its fore-and-aft dimension. It should extend outboard beyond the outside of the trestle-trees, to provide a free slot about as wide as half the trestletree thickness, through which the shrouds will be rove later.
The lower masts are sanded to an easy sliding fit in the mast holes, the clearance permitting a slight side-to-side adjustment.
Details of the bowsprit mast are given in Figs. 76 to 80. Rig the shrouds before permanently installing the bowsprit on the model. Six three-hole, 1/8-in. black deadeyes are required. Fig. 80 shows how to attach the shrouds to the upper deadeyes. The wire strops for the lower deadeyes must pass through the floor of the top and provide an eye for the puttock shrouds below. The shrouds are paired, those to starboard going on first. The odd third shroud is simply turned once around the masthead and seized to the paired shrouds on both sides. See Fig. 78. Note also, that the center strand of the lanyard between upper and lower deadeyes is longest. Fig. 76 shows how gammonings on an actual ship may be simulated, the slots through the stem alining with gammoning lines above. Three wooden cleats are glued to prevent the upper gammoning lines from slipping aft. The bowsprit is glued and doweled to the beakhead grating so that it appears to pass into the hull. The gammoning lines are then wedged into their slots and the whole is glued in position. Be sure not to spring the bowsprit downward by having the gammoning too tight as only a firm, easy strain is required.
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