Page 538 - The Ashley Book of Knots

PRACTICAL MARLINGSPIKE SEAMANSHIP

the stay is brought home, a racking seizing (~3362) is put on at the

bull's-eye and then a number of round seizings are added, the num-

ber depending on the length of the doubling. The upper end of a

shroud or stay, where it passes over a top, is prepared in the rigging

loft. The lower block is secured to the end of the shroud with a

BALE SLING HITCH. The upper block is fitted with tails and the fair-

lead block is made fast to the mast.

3242. A fish tackle from Lever (1808). After the anchor has been

catted, the shank and flukes are hoisted with the fish tackle.

3243. A runner tackle is a luff or jig tackle added to the end of a

whip.

3244. Runner and tackle for setting up on a backstay. In heavy

lifting, a lead block is always advisable. In a straight downward 3242.

pull a man can haul no more than his own weight. In a short lifting

pull, he can exert several times that amount of power. From the lead

block the fall is usually led to a belaying pin and one man at the pin

rail takes up slack so that at no time is the load liable to get adrift.

3245. Throat halyard and jig tackle. On small and medium-sized

schooners, after a sail is hoisted and the halyard fall has been hauled

hand taut and belayed, a jig tackle on the standing end of the main

cackle is employed to send the halyard home.

3246. The peak halyards are treated in the same manner. On yachts

nowadays small winches have taken the place of many of the '32..43

heavier tackles, and also serve in place of jig tackles.

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