. Boat sailing in fair weather and foul. SEAMANSHIP. <VITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR 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 ofs
. Boat sailing in fair weather and foul. SEAMANSHIP. <VITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR 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 quit
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