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 47
e be rove through any block which willtake the rope. Consequently the long splice mustalways be used for repairing a halyard, sheet, orother part of the rigging which has to run throughblocks. A Long Splice is thus made: The two ropesthat are to be joined are unlaid for at least fourtimes as far as… … Fig. 14. (about half as far again). This leaves two groovesin the rope, which are next filled up by neatly lay-ing in each of them the opposite central strandsb, b. This brings the strands together in pairs inthree places as in Fig. 14. At these three pointsthe strands are reduced in thickness by…
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