The young folk's cyclopædia of games and sports ; (1899)
Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, 1860-1942, joint author · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 618
e knot might catch.The appearance of a nicely splicedrope is shown in Fig. 10. To make Fig, 10, a short splice, untwist the strandsat the ends which are to be joined,and bring the ropes together so thatthe strands of one alternate withthose of the other, as in Fig. il. SAILING 609 SAILING The… … Fig. II. with a tapering piece of wood or iron,called a marling-spike. Each strandis treated in the same way, then eachis shaved down to about half itsthickness, and the intertwining isrepeated. An eye splice is made by mak-ing a bight and splicing the end intothe standing part. For a long splice…
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