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 275
e turns all taken out, and the stuff brought up in coilsand placed under the rigging that is to be rattled down.WJtat is swiftering in ? Passing small-sized rope around the shrouds,at intervals,in order that they may not getout of line when the ratlines arehove taut. What is sparring down ? Lashing… … cJ?allines. What is rattling down YOUNG SAILOR S ASSISTANT. 249 Hitching and seizing the ratlines in their proper places(parallel to the sheer-pole) on the shrouds. Wliere do you commence seizing when rattling down thestarboard rigging ? The first two or three ratlines above the sheer-pole aremade…
Navigation · Signals and signaling
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