Smaller hooks and a seizing of silk thread

At last the other hooks are in. Unfortunately they differ very little from the previous hooks, but every little helps. These are what I will go with. Pingu57 drily remarked that you can no longer pick up even smaller hooks, and that they blow away when you breathe out once. Entirely agreed, it is all terribly fiddly and small.

I am still wrestling with how I want the rope on the deck. I find the spiral in the earlier photos a bit too neat; I cannot imagine that the ropes lay like that in those days. For now I have gone for a somewhat messier version. I will see what I choose in the end.

A detail that may not be easy to see: I do not tie the small block with a knot, as I do with the double block. I close off the small block with a small seizing of 0.1 mm silk thread. That works a treat and I find it just that bit nicer than a glued knot.