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PLAT SINNETS

back to the center below its sister strand. Fourth, lay the upper right

strand across the back to the center below its sister strand, and repeat

the directions from the beginning.

3018. EIGHT-STRAND SQUARE SINNET by Captain Charles \V.

Smith's method. Hold five strands in the left hand and three strands

in the right. First, bring the upper left strand down the front to the

center into the lower position on the right side. Second, bring the

upper right strand down the front to the center into the lower posi-

tion on the left side. Third, bring the upper left strand down the

back to the center into the lower position on the right side. Fourth,

bring the upper right strand down the back to the center into the 30 1"7

lower position on the left side. Repeat from the beginning until (c. O"~.)

sufficient sinnet has been made.

This builds much faster than the usual method (~Wo I) but it re-

quires more skill to plat it snugly. I have experienced some difficulty,

after putting this sinnet aside, in picking it up again just where I left

off. Structurally it is identical with ~ 3001. Either sinnet may be in-

terrupted and then continued by the other method.

3019. TWELVE-STRAND SQUARE SINNET by Captain Charles \V.

Smith's method. Hold seven strands in the left hand and five in the

right and follow the directions already given for jf)! 30 I 8.

3020. If it is desired to get the effect of a CROWN SINNET in a

hurry, take some fishline or marline and lay up into a SIX-STRAND

CABLE by hand. Fasten one end of a fishline to a hook or nail on the

side of a building, fasten the other end in a hand drill in the place

of a bitt. Holding the line taut, turn the hand drill until the lay is as 30 \ 8

tight as practicable. Keep the line tight and have your "mate" rub

it well with a piece of waxed canvas. Then have him grasp the strand

at halflength and hold it taut while you place the two ends together

and make the second end fast. Grasp the bight in the drill. Keeping

the doubled line taut, loosen the ratchet of the drill, and the two

parts will lay up together. Make three of these doubled lines. With

the brace impart extra twist to the lay of each of the three and then,

using the ratchet of the drill as before, lay the three doubled lines

up together. Your mate should rub the line well with the waxed

canvas patch before slackening the tension that is held with the drill.

The six strands, which really form a cable of sorts, can hardly be

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told from CROWN SINNET.

3 Ol~ 3020

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