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 57
the strop of a tail block, and how to makea grommet, or a selvagee strop. I have already explained how to splice an eyein a rope, and how to make a grommet. For strop-ping a block a Selvagee STROP is to be preferredto a grommet, though both are used for this purpose.A selvagee strop is thus made:… … to one of the nails, and the yarn is wound roundthe two nails (see Fig. 37) as tightly as possible, until the ring thus formed is sufficiently stout. Then the yarns are tied together, Fig. 37. or marled, at short intervals, with twine, and lastly the strop is well stretched with tackle. Grommets…
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