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Index

A belay aids, 372 37–38; swivel, 273; turning, 36–37,
aloft, going/working, 263–276; block belaying, 50–53, 388; to anchor bitt, 42, 43, 45, 52, 53, 92, 163, 262–263,
for, 37; bosun’s chair/harness, 52; anchor stakes, 372–373; pinrail, 318, 325; two-sheave, 96. See also
56, 266–268; coming down, 276; 52, 377. See also aloft, going/ sheaves
gantlines, 259, 278, 376; procedures, working bobstay: corrosion, 161, 162; jury-
269–270; ratlines, 279–285; safety belaying, knots for, 50–55; Capstan rigged, 318; Lucy Belle’s, 140;
tethers, 264, 274, 376; tailer, 261, Hitch, 53–55; Clove Hitch, 50–51; staying angles/loading, 138–139;
265, 268; topmast installation, Rolling Hitch, 57–58 strain, 139; twin vs. two-legged, 140
276–279 bending, 287 bollard/piling, 51, 388
Alpine Butterfly Knot, 60–62 bends, 70–76, 388; Ashley Bend, 72– bolt wrench, 322
Anchor Hitch, 56–57 73, 74; Ashley Hawser Bend, 73, 76; boom: Boom Lacing, 17–18; jibboom
anchor lines, characteristics of, 26 Benson Bend, 72–74; Carrick Bend, repair, 319; outhaul sheave attached
anchor rode: all-chain, 88; all-rope, 88; 75–76; Double Sheet Bend, 71–72; to topping lift, 379; self-tending,
attaching to anchor chain (Shackle security/slipping, 73; Sheet Bend, 163–164; splinting broken, 13;
Splice), 82, 84; catenary, 88, 91; 70; Sheet Bend, Weaver’s Method, wishbone, 164
chafe protection, 88, 91–92, 237– 70–71, 73; Strait Bend, 74–75, 275; boom, tidy, 379
239; chain-and-rope, 88, 91; rope Zeppelin Bend, 72 boom vang, 129. See also vangs
for, 22, 25; seizings, 10. See also Benson Bend, 72–74 boomkin, 138–139, 161, 162, 229, 308
mooring lines Benton, Nick, 6, 188 bosun’s chair/harness, 56, 266–268
anchor tamer, 376 Bermuda 40 Mark III, 186 bow rollers, 91, 98
anchoring, 374–376; end-of-bowsprit, 92 Bermudian rig, 38, 182, 299–301, Bowknot, 371
Angler’s Loop, xviii, 62–64 313–316 Bowline on a Bight, 60, 62, 365
anhydrous lanolin. See lanolin, bight knots (loops in the bight): Alpine bowlines, 64–69; Bowline on a Bight,
anhydrous Butterfly Knot, 60–62; Angler’s 60, 365; Dragon Bowline, 68–69;
Ashley, Clifford, 11, 49, 72, 73, 74, 76, Loop, 62–64; Bowline on a Bight, Enhanced Bowline, 67; Fingertip
79, 335, 346 60, 62, 365; Double Butterfly, 62, Bowline, 65–67; Mobius Bowline, 64,
Ashley Bend, 72 323; Farmer’s Loop, 60–61, 248; 365; Newman Bowline, 65; in slick
Ashley Hawser Bend, 76 Good Luck Knot, xx, 344; Jug Sling line, 63; Slipknot Bowline, 67–68;
Ashley’s Button Knot, 90 Knot, 62–63 Spilled-Hitch Bowline, 65–66; tidal
attitude, for surveying, 288 birdcage warning, 226, 228 and storm mooring, 64; Topological
attitude, effects of, 168–169 block and tackle, 27–31; Cunninghams, Bondage, 364–365; Tugboat (or
awl, scratch, as small marlinspike, 5, 27; for gaff running rigging, 315; for Flying) Bowline, 63, 68–69; Two-
190, 204–205 going aloft, 257, 265, 273; High- Bight Bowline, 67
Axle Hitch, 58 Tech Handy-Billy, 28; jury-rigged bowsprit: anchoring from end of, 92;
bobstay, 319–320; loading, 27, shrouds, 156; staying angles/loading,
38–40; reeving/lacing, 30–31; Right- 138–139
B Angle (Boat Fall) Reeving, 30–31; Brewer, Ted, 305, 306
Backsplices, 82–85, 388; Shackle rope for, 24; for sheeting, 38–40; British Admiralty Whipping, 81
Splice, 82, 84; three-strand, 82–86; for stepping mast, 259; uses, 38–40; bronze castings, 292
Tree Surgeon’s Backsplice, 82, 84 with winch, 44; winch alternative, Brummel Splice, 101–102, 104,
backstay: detachable, 257; main, 315 166–167
300–302, 306; service, 231; split, block car, sticky, 295 bungee cord: anchor snubber, xviii,
300, 306; staying angles/loading, blocks, 388; bullet (lizards), 38–40; 374–375; Angler’s Loop, xviii, 63;
136–139; wire sizes, 145–146 bushings/bearings, 32–33; for snatch block, 37
bag carry, 375 construction, 31–38; fiddles (without Buntline Hitch, 56
bar clamp, emergency, 320 sheaves), 40; mountain climbers,’ 37– Butane Backsplice, 79
bat, loaded, 269 38; over-and-under, 42; rope strength buttons, 88; Ashley’s Button Knot,
becket, 40, 88, 122, 258, 388; Loop- and, 36; rope-stropped, 9, 10, 39–40, 90; button from (Jug Sling Knot),
and-Button, 330 159; Schaefer, 32; selection, 31–38; 62–63; button loops, 335–336; Star
bedding compounds, 224 sheave construction/shape, 33–35; Knot Button, 334, 335; Wall and
Bedit Butyl Tape, 224 sheave size, 35–36; sheet, 78; snatch, Crown Button, 338–339
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