Thank you I promise that I will try to go on strong
I think that by now is a commonly known fact, that I am infamous for trying to understand technical interconnections. I realised long ago the two stanchions situated behind the pumps´area, being that solid, good english oak and plenty of that.
Once I fixed the first dale, I immediately understood the height of the guide, to keep the dale free. But as I did not see the sense of the vertical roller, I took the chance to omit it as I thought it to be just for reduction of friction ...
... and as did not want you to call me a rivet counter ...
... but!... but by now, a learnt a little bit more about the messenger . yes, a
little bit
On the tension side the messenger comes from the main hatch - where the anchor cable is stowed - and passes the pumps´ area almost parallel to the ships axis, slowly raising to the above mentioned rollers on the stanchion, where it takes a turn down- and inwards towards the spill. Therefore the
whole weight/force of the anchor pulling on the messenger is put onto this
one stanchion. No wonder it is as thick as it is.
And for that the vertical roller is needed too, yes, the tiny one that little dafi wanted to embezzle ...
And another thing I realised ...
... of course the pump and cistern are ought to be kept free too. So the cable has to be set more outside. As the rework was to great to be done ambulantly inside, one already guesses the ritual coming ...
... with a friendly and nasty sound of a gentle
crack, caused by the pleasant but nicely brutal push of a scalpel´s back the stanchions gave way for external treatment ...
... the missing wheel including its bearing was fixed, as was the missing clamp (even though I still ignore its purpose, but one can never have enough clamps on a sailing ship) ...
... and positive confirmation that the change of direction works fine
Thrown back into the hull, but still just stuck in and therefore not aligned properly ...
... one can see how tight it is ...
... and above I gave the position of the upper deck beam using a kebab skewer ...
... and on top of this one missing the quarter deck.
Deep down inside, the pump now is nicely kept clear ...
... also nicely to be seen from above.
Now the messenger can be unleashed
Cheerio, DAniel
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more seriously , as usual ,a work really impressive of accuracy 
