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SAILMAKER’S WHIPPING 71
04 SAILMAKER’S
WHIPPING
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The Sailmaker’s Whipping looks exactly like a needle and palm one but is
not actually stitched to the rope, the worming parts passing behind each
strand. To begin, a loop of whipping twine is passed round a strand of the
unlaid rope’s end, which is then laid up to include the twine. The rope’s end
is then whipped with the twine. The original loop is dropped over the end of
the strand it was formed round and pulled tight using the end protruding
beneath the whipping. This end is then wormed up to the top of the
whipping and tied off to the other end of the twine with a Reef or Surgeon’s
Knot.
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