Camp, Walter, 1859-1925, ed · New York, P. F. Collier & son · leaf 136
ing a not infrequent accident, and a very awkward one,when a rope strop is used. All strops, whether of rope or wire, whether sel-vagee strops, grommets, or eye-splices, should becoated with canvas, or, better still, with leather. Ifcoated with canvas, the strop should be painted; ifleather is… … Fig. 38 of the rigging; for example, on the tackle of therunners and of the preventer backstays. This willenable turns to be taken out of the tackle withoutunhooking it. Galvanized Clip-HOOKS (Fig. 38) should bespliced into the ends of such parts of rigging as havefrequently to be hooked and…
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