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CHAPTER 24: RING HITCHES

At the Head of the Shanke there is a Hole called an Eye, and in it is

a Ring . ... To bend the Cable to the Anchor, is to make it fast to

the Ring.

CAPTAINE JOHN SMITH ("Sometimes Governour of Virginia

and Admirall of New England"): A Sea Grammar, 1627

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made fast. This is true both at sea and ashore. •
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Since the diameter of the material of which a ring is made IS usu- •
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ally smaller than the rope itself, the hitch used should if possible be •
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passed through the ring twice in order to divide the strain and wear.

Also, unless the hitch is to be a temporary affair, either the ring

or the rope itself should be parceled if there is opportunity. Anchor

rings are either puddinged, served or parceled, and ring bolts for the

cable stoppers are either ringbolt hitched or else served over-prac- •

tices which are described in the last two chapters of this book. I •

Ashore, where rope is often used that is much larger than the task

~equires, as is the case with a halter, it is customary to reeve the rope . , r ~

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but once through the ring. But no matter what the purpose of the • • - ...... • ,

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hitch or the size of the rope used, it is better to reeve it twice when • -
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Horses are commonly "hitched" to rings and anything that is sus- .. . • - •

pended from a ceiling is apt to be fastened either to a ring or to a •

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On shipboard rings are found everywhere, but aloft they are more , -=-- •
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apt to be e ebolts than hinged rings. Lashings of various descriptions

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'Ire secure to nngs. .'~)

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Lashings are discussed in Chapter 28, and ring stoppers are to be

found on page 300.

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