. Boat sailing in fair weather and foul. MAKING SPLICESKNOTS AND BENDS. HE amateuiy ach tsm anshould be ableto make all theMARLINESPIKE. spHces and most ol the knots in common use. This knowl-edge will come in quite handy whenfitting out his craft in the spring, andwill save him the expense of hiring asailor to do the work. I have spentmany happy hours in rigging a fifteen-ton cutter, doing all the work myself(except stepping the mast) with the aidof a boy. A few fathoms of rope, a marlinespike,. a knife, a small pot of grease, a ball ofspun yarn, another of marline and oneof roping twine, and
. Boat sailing in fair weather and foul. MAKING SPLICESKNOTS AND BENDS. HE amateuiy ach tsm anshould be ableto make all theMARLINESPIKE. spHces and most ol the knots in common use. This knowl-edge will come in quite handy whenfitting out his craft in the spring, andwill save him the expense of hiring asailor to do the work. I have spentmany happy hours in rigging a fifteen-ton cutter, doing all the work myself(except stepping the mast) with the aidof a boy. A few fathoms of rope, a marlinespike,. a knife, a small pot of grease, a ball ofspun yarn, another of marline and oneof roping twine, and you are equippedfor work. Splicing ropes and makingfancy knots may be made a quite pleas-ant way of spending a winters keeps one out of mischief, and the artonce learned is rarely forgotten. I thinkif you follow my directions and takeheed of the diagrams that accompanythem (which I have taken pains tomake as clear as possible) you will haveno difficulty in becoming quite expertin the use of a marlinespike. 208 BOAT The ends of all ropes,whether belonging tothe running or standingrigging, must be whip-ped with tarred ropingtwine or they will un-ravel. Take the rope in your left 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
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