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wet, any water will run off.

Finally, apply the serving against the lay, by tightly binding the worming and parcelling with marline,
which should be laid on with a serving mallet in order to ensure even turns with no gaps, in addition

to supplying the required tightness.

Sewn whipping see needle and palm whipping.

Shamrock knot: quite a decorative knot which is of a similar type in its formation to the jury mast
head knot (see page 103), and is developed from the true lover’s knot (see page 175).

figure 113.1

Tie a true lover’s knot (figures 113.1–113.2), leaving plenty of length of working end and having kept
the thumb knots loose enough to be able to slip your fingers through them. Now slip your fingers
through the thumb knots, taking hold of the two central interlocking pieces of rope. Pull the right

central rope to the right and the left central rope to the left through their respective thumb knots to
form a bight on each side (figure 113.3); see also decorative shamrock knot.

figure 113.2