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 191
ck-and-bill tackle ?A heavy tackle used in handling an-chors at the bow.What is a top burton ? A tackle used in the top; it is kept hooked to the toppendants. The fall should be long enough for the lowerblock and end of the fall to reach the water, with endenough to haul on. It is a luff tackle,… … Double SpanishBurton. YOUNG SAILOR S ASSISTANT. down; it is hooked into a thimble in the end of the toppendant (pendant tackles are used). What is a watch tackle ? A common luff purchase or jigger. WJiat a?e tricing lines ? Single whips, or guntackle purchases used to trice up andlower down…
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