Block

Means Nursery out in the Scappoose Bay terrace cut down a couple of big seedling cherry trees years ago. I got into the woodpile with a campsaw in the rain, brought home a bunch of rounds for spoon blanks, dipped the ends in wax and stashed them away. By scoring a groove with a rat-tail rasp, and then slicing off the result, I got a pretty good sheave for my wooden block. I wouldn't want to sling aloft under it to tar the backstay, but it might work OK in the dory for a mainsheet block.

Its a lot easier if you clamp that thing right on down tight. You've got to really throw your weight behind a coarse wood-rasp. If you want to get anything done that day, that is.

You get the idea.