Young sailor's assistant in practical seamanship including the rules of the road; directions for resuscitating the apparently drowned, etc., etc., together with the salutes ... naval signal flags, Very's lights, and the international code of signals (1893)
Taunt, Emory H · Washington · leaf 116
ain going around thelower mast head and connected tothe yard by a slip bolt or pelicanhook. What is a Jacobs-ladder ? A short ladder with wooden oriron rungs and rope sides, used forgetting into the lower rigging, andin going from the topmast cross-treesto the jack \ also for stern ladders, Jacobs… … 9<D YOUNG SAILORS ASSISTANT. the topsail yard when it is hoisted; it also counteracts thedrag of a lee lift when topsails are reefed. Wliat are the eyes of the rigging? - The parts that go over the mast head. What advantage has wire rigging over hemp ? It is neater, lighter, not so perishable,…
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