1. If I may make so bold, they'd look very well hanging from the yardarm.

2. So, pirate that I am, I find myself obliged to have your hanged from... the yardarm of your beloved " Neptune ".

3. Braces are always used in pairs, one at each end of a yard (yardarm), termed port Brace and starboard Brace of a given yard or sail (e.g., the starboard main-Brace is the Brace fixed to the right end of the yard of the main sail).