YACHTING AND SAILING. 15 fast the tail of one watch-tackle to the hook on thelowec block of the other tackle. With a Blackwall Hitch a rope can be rapidly andsecurely fasten*^d to a hook for a temporary purpose ihe diagram will show how it is formed Thehitch is prevented from slipping by the… … Fig- «3- rnl ^^^ -^*^\ ^^^^- ^^) ^ employed to fasten arope to a spar or to a stouter rope. In this way theratlines are hitched to the shrouds,and a buoy-rope is fastened to ananchor. The Bowline Knot (Fig. 15) is
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