ROPE 



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Have the strand D from the left-hand rope between yourself 

 and C as shown in Figure 63. 



4. Start twist- 

 ing of the strands 

 by tying each pair 

 together with 

 overhand knots, 

 having the direc- 

 tion of twist in 

 the knot the same 

 as the direction of 

 twist in the 



strands, as shown Fig. 64 



by the arrow in Figure 64. 



5. Draw the three knots 

 up tight by drawing each 

 one up a little in turn, until 

 they appear as shown in 

 Figure 65. 



6. Remove the string 

 from the right-hand end of 

 the knots and continue 

 the twisting with the aid 

 of a marline spike as shown 

 in Figure 66, giving one 

 strand two turns, one 

 strand three turns, and 

 one strand four turns about 

 the strands they are tied 

 around. 



A marline spike is a 

 piece of wood of the shape 

 shown in Figure 66 and is 

 used to separate the strands 

 in splicing rope. This one 

 has a hole in the end in p IG> 66 



Fig. 65 



