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A SIMPLE SIDE FENDER

MATERIALS For this type of fender you can use whatever rope is
to hand, but here are the requirements for a couple
of basic variations.

A 2 x 2m of 60mm square plait old ships’ mooring
cable
3 x 8m of 12mm polypropylene for the seizings
1 x 3m of 14mm polypropylene for the lanyard
B 1 x 2m of 96mm (actual diameter) coir
3 x 7.5m 14mm manila for the Turk’s head
1 x 3m of 14mm manila for the lanyard

KNOTS USED Constrictor knot: page 11
Flat seizing: diagrams a, b and c
Or 3 lead 5 bight Turk’s head: diagrams d, e and f

METHOD
ideally, that rarest of beasts, the
Fold both pieces of the heavy rigger’s screw. If you are using 2
cable in half, making the bend pieces of cable put the 2 pieces
as tight as possible by giving it a together with the bends at the
good beating with a heavy same end. Hold the folded rope
mallet. If you are using very or ropes in place with a couple
heavy coir you will find that it is turns of a temporary binding of
much harder than ships cable to some sort, my favourite is a
bend; you may well have to constrictor knot, as you can pull
resort to a Spanish windlass or, the ends and the whole thing

A B C

Flat seizing

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