Small-boat sailing; an explanation of the management of small yachts, half-decked and open sailing-boats of various rigs; sailing on sea and on river; cruising, etc (1902)
Knight, Edward Frederick, 1852- [from old catalog] · New York, E. P. Dutton & co. · leaf 44
ing north. Ahawser-laid rope should be coiled from right to left,with the sun; for if coiled in the reverse directionit will kink, and cannot be made to form a neat andsnug coil. A Cable-laid rope is made of three hawser-laidropes twisted together from left to right, againstthe sun, and it must be… … Fig. 10. To worm is to lay spun-yarn in the groove betweenthe strands of a rope, so that a smooth surface isobtained on which the parcelling can be evenly laid.To parcel is to wind narrow strips of well-tarredcanvas round the wormed rope, following the layof the rope, that is, the spiral formed by…
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