The mariners' handbook; a convenient reference book for navigators, yachtsmen, and seamen of all classes (1906)
International Correspondence Schools, Roden, Ernest Konrad, 1866-, International Correspondence Schools. Pocketbook · Scranton, Pa. : International Textbook Co. · leaf 299
aid. (Seeb. Fig. 1.) This cen-ter rope is called theJteart. The primaryobject of the twistingis to hold the fibersin place, so that eachmay do its share ofthe work. When thestrands are twisted up left hand, the yams are untwisted,but when the rope is twisted up right hand the strandsare untwisted… … Fio. 1 ROPES 263 opposite in direction. If the twist is great, the rope ishard and stiff, and keeps its form well, but it is not so strongas a rope with less twist. Hawser and Cable.—A rope of 3 strands is called a hawser,a. Fig. 1. A rope of 4 strands is said to be shroud laid, b,Fig. 1. Very…
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