> 1. I can correct how the ropes are laid. Which is correct? Right hand or
> left?

I'd guess right, although I'm no nautical historian. Something google 
came up with: 
http://home.att.net/~ShipModelFAQ/ResearchNotes/smf-RN-Shrouds.html 
(though maybe not directly applicable to the question at hand)

> 2. If I understand correctly, the strap running around each block should
> have a loop in it and the running rigging should then go through & then
> loop back on its self.

Sounds right. I took a peak at Ashley's book and it shows rigging a 
block something like the attached illustration.

Abe

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