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LASHINGS AND SLINGS

etc., are all secured. Many of these articles have permanent lanyards

attached to them by which they are made fast.

The essence of good lashing is to first place the turns so that the

object is held against shifting in any direction and, secondly, to

tighten these turns by heaving on them with a sidewise pull at half

length, which compounds the tension of the whole fabric.

2132. Movable objects about deck are generally lashed with a lan- • .. "

yard having a LONG RUNNING EYE in the end, and this is usually made

fast to a ringbolt.

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2133. A whale ship is fitted with a lash rail to secure things to, but

this is very seldom found in other craft. An oil or water cask is lashed

as pictured. Round turns are hove together with frapping turns.

2134. This illustrates a single turn around the middle part of a

lashing. It is one of the best of devices for tightening a rope. •

2135. A scuttle butt lies on its bilge and requires chocks to make

a firm cradle for it to rest on. Sometimes small tackles are used to

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set up lashings of this sort, but usually rings and eyes are sufficient. •

2136. The turns around a horizontal cask or scuttle butt often are

set up with nothing save frapping turns.

2137. The end of a lanyard may be finished off around two parts I I

in such a manner as to heave them together and so add to the effec- 2.1 n

tiveness of the lashing.

2138. One of the most common ways of securing the end of a •

lashing is with Two HALF HITCHES made fast to an eye.

2139. Scuttle butts sometimes have hinged metal straps fitted with

rings in the ends and these are lashed to ringbolts on the deck.

Catharpins were sometimes frapped together in the manner of a

lashing, although they were more often led through a euphroe or

centipede block. Ctttharpins were of small stuff and their purpose

was to take up the slack in the stays, to prevent jerking and slatting.

They are pictured on page 533.

Besides tightening a lashing, frapping turns are employed to draw

together the falls of a tackle, in order to dg-hten them, to strengthen

them, or to hold them secure. The halyards of a sailing yacht at an-

chor are often frapped at night, to prevent slatting against the mast

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and keeping guests awake. Frappings of this nature are added with

rope yarn. In a lashing, when the length is sufficient, the end of the

rope itself is employed in frapping.

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