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 59
centre of the mat-tress, draw the twosides of the ham-mock snugly to-gether, and takeseven turns or hitcheswith the lashing equaldistances apart, com-mencing at the head(reeving the end of the lashing through the eye for thefirst turn), after the last or foot hitch, take a round turnaround the end,… … HAMMOCK HITCHES. YOUNG SAILOR S ASSISTANT. 33 them well taut and beating the end of the hammock welldown. Keep the hammock off the guns and deck. Proceedin the same manner with the other end, then stow in theproper netting. Great care should be taken to always have a well lashedneat looking hammock…
Navigation · Signals and signaling
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