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And something usually went wrong -- the tackline missed out, two J's put on by mistake, or an M instead of a J.
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"AJP tackline J," the Skipper would roar; and two of the signallers would fall over each other in a hurried attempt to get it all tied together.
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On Roaring Forty, solo sailor, Michel Kleinjans, reports a broken block for the headsail tackline system.
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