Q2 - re reeving a mainsheet

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peter2407

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Following my other thread, having taken the mainsheet off, i expected to be able to easily find a pdf doc that describes how to re reeve it to avoid twist, cant find what i think is the harken doc and the old threads on this give a 404 error. Can anyone help please?
 
Also covered in this month's YM in an article about mainsheet blocks. They had trouble with reeving as well. Diagram courtesy of Barton.
 
Jeez Vic, some of those illustrations look like they're from the Napoleonic wars, and what are those two guys in the hard hats and boiler suits doing?
 
ghostlymoron said:
Jeez Vic, what are those two guys in the hard hats and boiler suits doing?
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These two?
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To reeve a tackle, two rescuers stand back to back and about 1800mm apart. The rescuers each have a block just in front of them between their feet, with the hooks pointed away from them. The coil of tackle rope should be to the left of the top block when a lifting tackle is being reeved.

The first rescuer should reeve the standing end of the rope through the lowest sheave of the top block, then pass the rope to the second rescuer who reeves it through the lowest sheave of his block.

The rope is then passed successively through the sheaves of both blocks from left to right and finally made fast to the becket. The running end of the rope should also be secured to prevent slipping.
 
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