Sorry for the confusion...the upper end of the mizzen topmast stay (where it goes around the mast) doesn't have the crows feet that are found on the main and fore tops. I was asking about the lower end of the mizzen topmast stay. Looks like you have yours run through a block at the main top and then leading down to the deck, similar to the main topmast stay?
I'm going to install the *crows feet* at the lower end, and attaching the stay via tackles to the aft main shrouds, similarly to what the instructions indicate? Are your plans different, by the way? I have 3 versions of instructions, and each has minor differences from the other!
From reading Anderson, there is no real certainty which way the Soleil Royal would be rigged in terms of the mizzen topmast back stay..it seems fuzzy as to when certain practices became the norm....
Anyway, thanks for the pics!
Dave
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