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figure 39.2

Cringles: are eyes formed in a bolt rope or sail edge, and used for sail handling lines.

To make them, take a length of single strand about six times the circumference of the cringle you want

to form. Pass the strand under one or two strands of the rope, and pull through one third of it (figure
40.1). Take the shorter of the projecting ends of the single strand around the rope and then wrap it
three times around its longer end (figure 40.2). Working with the longer end of the single strand, pass
it through one or two strands of the rope (figure 40.3), around the back of the rope and then work it

back towards the right-hand side, where you can thread it through one or two strands of the rope
(figure 40.4). You can now splice the two ends of the single strand into the rope (figure 40.5) and
trim off any excess.