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SEA AND AIR
Ropes and knots FRENCH BOWLINE
(PORTUGUESE BOWLINE)

ALL KINDS OF ROPES ARE USED AT SEA, from thin twines and yarns to
Armpit
thick hawsers. Synthetic fibers have been developed specifically for use
bight
at sea. Nylon ropes stretch, and so are ideal
for anchoring; polyester (frequently called SYNTHETIC ROPES
by the trade name Dacron) has little Multibraid Three-strand Goose
neck
stretch, so is ideal for halyards and sheets. nylon polypropylene
Different knots have different uses. Kevlar
Knots that join two ropes are called Three-strand
polypropylene Three-strand
bends; hitches join a rope to another prestretched
object; and bowlines produce an polyester
Seizing
eye (loop) in the end of a rope.
Sixteen-braid Sixteen-braid
Ropes can be joined by splicing polyester polyester
(unraveling the ends and weaving
them together) or seizing (lashing Braided Three-strand
the ropes together side by side). polyester polypropylene HALF HITCH WITH SEIZING
Polyester
ROPEWORK
Whipping Twist

Bight Eye

REEF KNOT
(SQUARE KNOT)
Bare end OVERHAND KNOT (HALF HITCH)
(fag end)
HUNTER’S BEND
Serving mallet
End Standing part
Spunyarn (marlin)
Cheese (cheesing)
Handle
ROLLING HITCH
Diagonal
turn
MARLINSPIKE
HITCH
End Standing part

Bight

CLOVE HITCH Head
Score BOWLINE
Serving Parceling Worming

WORMING, PARCELING, AND SERVING

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