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LASHINGS AND SLINGS

2112. Esparteiro gives this method of lashing four legs; it is similar

to SEIZING '# 3398.

2113. A derrick consists of a mast and boom. Three or four guys

are made fast to a MASTHEAD KNOT at the top, and the lower ends are

fast to stakes. The boom is secured to the mast as pictured.

2114. A square or trans011'zlashing is used in scaffolding, temporary

bridge building, trellises, grape arbors, etc. The ends of the frapping

turns are reef knotted together.

2115. A crossed lashing is used when one spar is vertical, the other

horizontal. It is also used when battens are lashed or seized to shrouds

instead of ratlines. Frapping turns will add to the security.

2116. A square or right-angle lashing from the outrigger of a

South Sea Island boat, shown to me by Alexander Brown of the

Mariners' Museum. A similar practice in basketry is found on the

common market baskets of the British West Indies. It fastens the

handle of the basket to the rim.

2117. Fishing strengthens and arrests further damage to spars

when they are sprung, cracked or split. Several small spars serve as l
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splints for a larger one, and the interstices are strengthened with old

oars, handspikes, etc., for a distance much longer than the actual

injury. Seizings of rope with riding turns are applied at intervals;

these should be wide enough to cover approximately one third of

the total surface of the repaired area. The lashings are tightened

with marlingspikes and handspikes, and are made doubly secure with

wooden wedges.

2118. The wedges for fishing are wide and flat with the outer

edges rounded so they will not injure the lashing.

2119, 2120, 2121. Boat lashings are hove taut with lanyards that

are secured either to an eye, a ring, or a deck bolt. As boat lashings

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should be ready at all times for instant removal they are applied with 'l.1'Z.1

that purposo in mind. A series of loops are passed and the end is made

fast to the last loop, often with a SLIPPED HALF HITCH ('# I 664).

2122. Boat gripes are made of several thicknesses of canvas. For-

merly they were of SINNET '# 2976 and '# 3477, or (the best practice)

of sword matting ('#2964 and '#3817). The lanyard may be spliced

to the ring or it may be secured with a LONG RUNNING EYE.

2123. If a boat is to be lashed while on the davits, the gripe lan-

'jflf'ds may be coiled and the coil rove halfway through the gripe

rings. One end of the coil is then passed around the davit and the
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two ends are toggled together with a fid. The gripes are made taut
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at the upper end.

If a boat is to remain long uncovered, articularly in the tropics,

a narrow strip of wood termed a stretc er is placed between the

gunnels to prevent warping. The gripes shrink when wet and slacken

wben dry, which puts a constant strain on the boat.

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