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 308
at the end of each rope for a distance about as shownin Fig. 2; this distance depends entirely on the diameterof the rope, but as the proportion will be the same for alldiameters, the illus-tration serves as ageneral guide; besure to unlay enough;a few inches toomuch is better thantoo little as the… … ^ssssssssssss (c)Fig. 2 hand; if the ^ o p e s ^^^g^^^^^^SSSSSSSSaare too large to hold fc»=>*^^**^ thus, fasten them to-gether with twine;then take one of the strands, say «, pass it over strand y,and, having made an opening, either wnth the thumb or witha marlinespike, in the manner…
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