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1 The alternative Admiralty pattern Monkey Fist 4 Now insert the core to fill the centre…

start is the same as previously.

5 – and complete the passes to bring the end

alongside the starting cord. This finish enables a
neat splice to be made with no chance of any-
2 Now the cord is carried to the top end of the thing being able to foul inside the splice eye.

wraps instead of starting around the bottom
end, and the wraps are carried down instead of
Pattern Monkey Fist, as
being carried up (compare with Stage 2 of the The finished Admiralty
first Monkey Fist). seen in the Manual of
Seamanship, vol. 2
(HMSO London 1952).

3 Now make one crossing diagonally, to exit on The finished article will of course be spliced
together to the standing part or you may wish to
tie a stopper knot in the working end and tuck that
inside the ball.
the far lower side as here.