The seaman's friend; containing a treatise on practical seamanship .. (1851)
Dana, Richard Henry, 1815-1882 · Boston, T. Groom & co. · leaf 55
^ the leechlines and the head-earings, bent to the top-mast studdingsail halyards, or some other convenient rope. One topsail may be sent up by the topsail halyards, gotready for bending, and brought to the yard, while the old one issent down by the buntlines. 1 IL.A1.K T, … WORK UPON RIGGING.—ROPE. 43 CHAPTER VII. WORK UPON RIGGING. ROPE, KNOTS, SPLICES, BENDS AND HITCHES. Kinds of rope. Spunyarn. Worming. Parcelling. Service. Shortsplice. Long splice. Eye splice. Flemish eye. Spindle eye. Cutsplice. Grommet. Single and double wall. Matthew Walker. Sin-gle and double…
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