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THE ASHLEY BOOK OF KNOTS

3506. CROWN SINNET-covered boat fenders are both common anu

practical. Take a iece of 2 Yz -inch rope, middle it and seize in a

THIMBLE EYE. Ta e a piece of hawser the length of the fender and

whip both ends. If it is desired to add to the diameter, wind spun

yarn evenly around it until sufficient in size. Open both ends of the

rope as far as the eye, then crown the strands as in the lower illus-

tration. Make senral tiers of CROWNS (see SINNET ~ 29 13), then push

the short piece of hawser down into the center, work the CROWNS

taut around it and put a CONSTRICTOR (~I 249) around all to hold the

hawser core in place while working. Continue to crown until suffi-

cient length is made, then add the knot pictured at the top, and,

when partly drawn up, pull the ends well back with a wire loop

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under the sinnet. Then draw everything taut.

3507. CROWN SINNET boat fender of four-strand rope. This will

be found more shipshape than the one just described. Middle a long

rope and seize in an eye. Take a shorter piece of the same size rope

and seize in or side splice below the thimble seizing. Lay these three

up by hand into a cable the length of the desired fender and seize

strongly. Cut off the shortest rope and open the two remaining ends.

Make a CROWN SINNET of the eight strands around the cable core.

When the neck is reached, crown as KNOT ~956 and with a wire

loop pull the ends well down under the sinnet and out to the surface,

get everything taut and cut off the ends flush. If the strands are

pulled very taut they will work back out of sight. Roll the fender

under a plank or beat well with a mallet to even out any irregulari-

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ties.

3508. A hitched fender. Splice the ends of a short piece of rope

together, form a strap and seize in an eye at either end. Make of the

desired shape and proportion by worming and winding oakum or

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" /'! other material around the doubled rope. If a large fender is planned,

I ' IJ1 make a cylinder of corrugated board around the strap, and, after

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marling carefully, cover it over with sacking and stuff tightly with

oakum or cotton.

"3 <>; 1 Take a long single strand of 2 Yz -inch rope and cover the cylinder

with needle hitching (~3 544). Use a marlingspike, heavy wire loop

or pliers for tools. This is simple but heavy work. Finish off very

tightly at the neck of the EYE SPLICES. Tuck each strand through

the two parts of the strap below the eye and form a STANDIN".

TURK'S-HEAD (~1283).

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In covering a fender with CROWN SINNET, the strands may be un-

twisted slightly, which allows them to lie flatter as they pass over

each other. But in general the tighter the lay, the greater the re-

sistance to surface wear.

The making of fenders may be expedited if the helical crowning

method described as ~ 293 I is resorted to. But this method requires

greater skill than crowning in successive tiers, so if possible have a

mate to help.

3509. "UNDERHAND ROUND-TURN HITCHING." A bumper is used

when landing heavy cargo, particularly kegs and casks. An X-shaped

dolphin is formed of two pieces of heavy rope, seized together

where they cross. These are inserted in a heavy sack or a carton and

an EYE SPLICE is placed at each of the four corners. The cavity is

then well stuffed.

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