Page 84 - Frank Rosenow "Seagoing Knots"

The Studdingsail Halyard Bend

Having so far displayed only practical, sober knots, I beg indulgence
with the studdingsail halyard bend.
It may be but a relic of a richer maritime scene, the glorious name says it
all, but it is close enough relation to the anchor bend to need differentia¬
tion, and may yet come in handy when belaying securely to a horizontal

bar.

5TU PDl N GSAi l— HA LYARP BENP

The Timber and Killick Hitches

It was mid-November, and a wintry gale was blowing when Bill Farley
and I left Southwest Harbor on Mount Desert Island, Maine, Fort Lauder¬
dale bound. The boat was the 49-foot Hinckley Morning Star, owned by

Otto Morningstar of Boston, Massachusetts.
She carried a pre-production version of the Hood Yacht Systems roller-
furling gear (this was back in the mid-1970s), power sheet winches and the

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