You say, "...will be adjusted with pairs of deadeyes."; do you already have the diminutive deadeyes made up? i gave serious thought to traditional, albeit much scaled-down, deadeyes on my 13' sparred-length gaff cutter, but after realizing that i'd need to carve 18 of the blessed little things, i went with thimbles on the ends of the stays/shrouds, and bowshackles on the chainplates/thimbles inside grommets on the bowsprit.
The rigging on my boat is 4mm Spectra, and the lanyards are medium-weight seine-twine.... a nice combination of new and old; easily adjusted, and looks just fine. i don't miss the deadeyes, and the thimbles/shackles actually hold more turns and with a little lube set up great.
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05-04-2006, 01:02 PM
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