. Boat sailing in fair weather and foul. rands,G and H, a lick of tar if the rope is ofhemp, and grease if of manilla, andknot them together with an overhandknot, taking care that the knot is soformed as to follow the lay of therope. Then halve these strands andpass them over one strand and undertwo. Treat the remaining strands inthe same way, after which stretch therope well and cut off the ends of thestrands. A long splice is the neatestway there is of putting two ends of arope together. If well made it doesnot increase the diameter of the rope,and therefore renders through blocksas though i
. Boat sailing in fair weather and foul. rands,G and H, a lick of tar if the rope is ofhemp, and grease if of manilla, andknot them together with an overhandknot, taking care that the knot is soformed as to follow the lay of therope. Then halve these strands andpass them over one strand and undertwo. Treat the remaining strands inthe same way, after which stretch therope well and cut off the ends of thestrands. A long splice is the neatestway there is of putting two ends of arope together. If well made it doesnot increase the diameter of the rope,and therefore renders through blocksas though it did not exist. If onestrand of a rope is chafed throughwhile the other two are sound, a newstrand may be put in to replace it, andthe ends may be finished off in thesame way as in a long splice. Cut Splice—A ^^^^ splice is made the^^S^^ same as an eyesplice, only withtwo ropes instead of one. Overhand Knot—It isused at the ends of ropesto prevent them fromunreeving. There should always beone in the end of the mainsheet, which. MARLINESPIKE SEAMANSHIP. 211
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