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Figure 6-52. Pinned serving board or mallet. The
             “pin” (dowel, short nail) set into the mallet head near
             its leading edge enables you to lift the twine from its
             usual groove and lead it outside the pin when serving   Figure 6-53. When parceling is applied without
             up close to a thimble or other such obstacle.  service, wrap it on against the lay of the rope.




                                  Serving Lazyjacks onto Twin Topping Lifts
               You can’t splice rope lazyjacks into wire topping lifts,   end, arrange the yarns around the wire, Constrictor
               and hitching them on just leaves a bulky knot to   them firmly on, then serve over the works. We show
               chafe the sail. So fan out 3 to 5 inches of the lazyjack   three Constrictors; add a couple in the middle.

























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