Harper's boating book for boys; a guide to motor boating, sailing, canoeing and rowing (1912)
Davis, Charles G. (Charles Gerard), 1870-1959, ed · New York, London, Harper & Brothers · leaf 231
wing the lay. A tail-block, being portable, is 214 MARLIN-SPIKE SEAMANSHIP convenient to make fast anywhere about decks or the rig-ging, and a rope being rove through this block, a purchase,called a whip, is created. Magnus Hitch (Fig. 38).—Some people confuse thishitch with the rolling hitch just… … the spar and bring it up through the bight. The value ofthis hitch is its insurance against slipping in the directionrepresented by the arrow. Catspaw Hitch (Fig. 39).—Like the Blackwall Hitch,this one is used for making a rope fast to a hook for hoist- 21S BOATING BOOK FOR BOYS ing purposes. Seize…
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