The Art of Rigging

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1848 Excerpt: ... end of the second, and through the bight of the first, and haul the ends tight. Wall-Knot, Double, (PL 1, fig. 27) is made by passing the ends, singly, close underneath the first wall, and thrusting them upwards through the middle, only the last end comes up under two bights. Double Crown.--This knot the same as a tack-knot, above described. LASHING.--Lashing of Blocks.--Take a number of turns, parallel to each other, through the eye of the block-strap and round any object, as a mast, yard, &c.; and to strengthen the lashing, take several cross-turns with the end, and make fast. LINES, used in the Rigging-Loft.--Cordage, smaller than ropes, and formed of two or more fine strands of hemp; as House-line made of three strands, used to seize blocks into their straps and the clues of sails, and to marl the skirts of sails to their boltropes, &c. Log-line, made of three or more strands, and used for the log, &c. Marline, made of two strands, and used for the same purposes as house-line. MARLING (PL 4, fig. 7) is winding any line round a rope, and securing every turn by a hitch, so that they may be independent of each other, and remain fixed, should either be cut through by H friction. It is principally used to fix on the clues of sails and the foot-rope of top-sails. Splices are marled down for serving with ropeyarn or twine. MATS are made thus (PL 5, fig. 17):--A small rope or line is first tightly extended, horizontally, at nearly a man's height, and made fast at each end, across which foxes are placed in a regular manner and hang down from their middles; then, beginning with the first next the left hand, it is crossed or plaited with that which is next the right hand, then taking that which was to the right hand, and crossing it with its next, and...