. Boat sailing in fair weather and foul. handand lap the twine round it very tight adozen times, taking care that the end liesunder the first turns so as to secure r lake a loop with the twine and con-tinue the lapping for four turns round therope and the end of the twine, as shownabove. Haul taut and cut off the end. Eye Splice—Un-lay the rope andlay the strandsE, F, G at theproper distanceupon the stand-ing part, asshown at A. Nowpush the strand H through the strandnext to it, as shown in B, having firstopened it with a marlinespike. Strand Iis then thrust over the part throughwhich
. Boat sailing in fair weather and foul. handand lap the twine round it very tight adozen times, taking care that the end liesunder the first turns so as to secure r lake a loop with the twine and con-tinue the lapping for four turns round therope and the end of the twine, as shownabove. Haul taut and cut off the end. Eye Splice—Un-lay the rope andlay the strandsE, F, G at theproper distanceupon the stand-ing part, asshown at A. Nowpush the strand H through the strandnext to it, as shown in B, having firstopened it with a marlinespike. Strand Iis then thrust over the part throughwhich H was passed. Strand K isthrust through the third on the otherside. Repeat the process with eachstrand, and then hammer the splice intoshape with the butt of the and cut off the ends of thestrands. If particular neatness is re-quired, the strands, after having beenpassed through the standing part thefirst time, should be halved and passedagain, and then still further tapered bybeing quartered before being passed. MARLINESPIKE SEAMANSHIP. 209 for the third and last time. An eyesplice is useful. Standing rigging shouldhave eyes spliced in to go over themast-head, and for dead-eyes to beturned in, etc.
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