MARLINSPIKE SAILOR Knots ROPE Nautical ARTS & Crafts ROPES Lanyards BOOK 1971

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Vintage book The Marlinspike Sailor by Hervey Garrett Smith A superb collection of ropework, knots and other sailor's arts, crafts and skills of ship building, dock workers and other maritime work. Hardcover. 1981. 131 Pages.Contents include: Tips and changes in modern materials Making a rope behave Knot, bend or hitch? Anyone can splice The short splice The long splice The Stowage of rope How to lay up a grommet Whippings The heaving line Some notes on seizing Worming, parcelling, and serving The running turk's head The star knot The tack knot The lanyard knot Matthew Walker's knot A simple rope mat Ladder mat and block mat A Russian or walled mat A sword mat A rope ladder with a new twist Some remarks on the making of a baggywrinkle Plaited sennits Crown sennits Rope handles Coachwhipping Grafting, pointing and hitching Cockscombing The sea chest Deadeyes and lanyards Decorative wall bag Tom Crosby's Ditty Bag The rigger's little helper Wooden bilge pump Palm and needle practice The Ditty Bag The Sea Bag The Bell Rope Wooden Cleats Rope Fenders Stropped Blocks Canvas Deck Bucket Rigging a Jack Line Sail Stop Bag Some notes on the use of "Taykles" A Lanyard for a Cannon The Catboat Race Making a mast boot The water jug Registration numbers can be beautiful too Art & Yacht design Synthetic fibres and their characteristics Basic eye read more

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