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Make Your Own Blocks

Jan 27, 2025
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Article by Paul Wagstaff

For five hundred years the old galleons, windjammers and smaller fishing vessels were rigged with rope-strapped wooden blocks fitted with wooden sheaves. The blocks were very attractive and functional yet simply made.

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