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Sequence of ropes at the masthead:
Lower masthead:
S1,2: Foretackle, Main tackle or Mizen burton tackle pendants,
Wl-6: pairs of shrouds,
W7, 8: single shrouds or swifters (when number of shrouds was
odd) ,
L: Garnet pendant -Main mast only before 1730.
Topmast head:
Sl: Burton pendants -Fore and Main masts on!y, shrouds -as for lower
shrouds,
P1, 2: pairs of standing backstays,
P3, 4: shifting backstays, single,
P5: shifting backstays, cut splice
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