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                                  CHAPTER  24:  RING  HITCHES























                                   At the Head of the Shanke there is a Hole called an Eye, and in it is





                                   a Ring . ... To bend the Cable  to  the Anchor, is to make it fast  to




                                                  the Ring.






                                                                                   CAPTAINE  JOHN  SMITH  ("Sometimes Governour of Virginia



                                                                                   and  Admirall  of  New  England"):  A  Sea  Grammar,  1627







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                                          A ring is  one of the most common of objects to which ropes are                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       -
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                                   made fast. This is true both at sea and ashore.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               •
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                                          Since the diameter of the material of which a ring is  made  IS  usu-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  •
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                                   ally smaller than the rope itself,  the hitch used  should if possible be                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     •
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                                   passed through the ring twice in order to divide the strain and wear.




                                          Also,  unless  the hitch is  to be  a  temporary affair,  either the  ring




                                   or the rope itself should be parceled if there is  opportunity. Anchor



                                   rings are either puddinged, served or parceled, and ring bolts for the




                                   cable  stoppers are either ringbolt hitched or else served  over-prac-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               •




                                   tices which are described in the last two chapters of this book.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    I                                                  •




                                          Ashore, where rope is often used that is much larger than the task



                                   ~equires, as is the case with a halter, it is customary to reeve the rope                                                                                                                                                                                                                          .  ,               r                                          ~



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                                   but once through the ring.  But no matter what the purpose  of the                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       •           •           - ......           •             ,



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                                   hitch or the size of the rope used, it is better to reeve it twice when                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        •   -
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                                   there is oppollunity.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               •                                                       ,  -
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                                          Horses are commonly "hitched" to rings and anything that is sus-                                                                                                                                                                                                      ..       .     •                                                                -                                •




                                   pended from a  ceiling is  apt to be fastened  either to a ring or to a                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   •



                                   hook.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                -
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                                          Floats and wharfs are equipped with rings for tying up small boats.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            -




                                   On shipboard rings are found  everywhere, but aloft they are more                                                                                                                                                                                                          ,       -=--                                                 •
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                                   apt to be e  ebolts than hinged rings. Lashings of various descriptions


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                                   'Ire secure  to nngs.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         .'~)


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                                           Lashings  are  discussed  in  Chapter  28,  and ring stoppers are  to be





                                    found on page  300.












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