 ... prepared for the purpose. Clap stout tackles on the heels, two on each, one leading forward, the other aft ; set taut the after ones, and belay them. Lash a three or four-fold block, as the upper one of the main purchase, over the...  The Kedge Anchor, Or Young Sailors' Assistant - Seite 48von William N. Brady - 1852 - 400 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Robert Kipping - 1853 - 182 Seiten
...of the main purchase, over the mainlashing (so that it will hang plumb under the cross), with canvas underneath to prevent chafing ; and in such a manner...secure the free action of the block. Lash the small purchaseblock on the after horn of the sheers, sufficiently high for the falls to play clear of each... | |
 | Thomas Liddell Ainsley - 1864 - 360 Seiten
...the main-purchase, over the main lashing (so that it will hang plumb under the cross), with canvas underneath to prevent chafing, and in such a manner...turns of the lashing may go over each horn of the shears, and divide the strain equally : also sufficiently long to secure the free action of the block.... | |
 | Thomas Liddell Ainsley - 1869 - 450 Seiten
...the main-purchase, over the main lashing (so that it will hang plumb under the cross), with canvas underneath to prevent chafing, and in such a manner that one-half the turns of tho lashing may go over each horn of the shears, and divide the strain equally : also sufficiently... | |
 | William N. Brady - 1882 - 468 Seiten
...board, raise one leg over the capstan, and their heads or after ends resting either on the tafirail, the break of the poop, or a spar placed in the most...after horn of the sheers, sufficiently high for the "alls to play clear of each other, and a girtline block above all. Middle a couple of hawsers, and... | |
 | Thomas Liddell Ainsley - 1884 - 228 Seiten
...with canvas underneath to prevent chafing, passing the lashing round each shear head alternately ; also, sufficiently long to secure the free action of the block. Lash the small purchase block or truss block on the after horn of the shears, sufficiently high for the falls to play clear of each... | |
 | Robert Kipping - 1893 - 242 Seiten
...of the main purchase, over the mainlashing (so that it will hang plumb under the cross), with canvas underneath to prevent chafing ; and in such a manner...secure the free action of the block. Lash the small purchaseblock on the after horn of the sheers, sufficiently high for the falls to play clear of each... | |
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