Start the eye splice by unraveling eight to ten turns of the strands of rope.
Now seal the ends of each of the three strands with tape or heat to prevent them from unraveling.
EYE SPLICE: A permanent loop spliced in the end of a line.
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FAIRLEAD: A device for leading a sheet or some other line at the correct angle - often on to a winch. Typically, a fairlead takes the form of a sheave in some sort of metal holder.
eye splice - A splice causing a loop in the end of a line, by braiding the end into itself or similar methods. It may or may not be reinforced by a metal fitting known as a thimble.
eye splice - A fixed loop in the end of a line.
fair - to make a smooth finish or curve.
EYE SPLICE: A permanent loop spliced in the end of a line.
FAST: Said of an object that is secured to another.
FATHOM : A unit of length equal to 6 feet used in measuring water depth.
EYE SPLICE
Unlay the rope and lay the strands E, F, G at the proper distance upon the strand shown at A. Now push the strand H through the strand next to it, as shown in B, having first opened it with a marlinespike.
An eye splice that does not use a protective insert.
Sole
A floor on a boat.
- Thimble Eye Splice — Tow Lines like anchor lines are provided with a thimble eye splice on one end, which provides for chafe protection for connection to a shackle, swivel eye hook, or spring clip.
eye: a loop in a line that has been seized, spliced or knotted. eye of the wind: direction from which the wind is blowing. eye splice: a permanent loop made at a rope's end by weaving unlaid strands into the standing part of the line.
Eye of the Wind - Direction from which the wind is blowing; an unsailable sector between close hauled headings.
Eye Splice - [image] - A permanent loop spliced in the end of a line, sometimes around a thimble.
A metal or plastic eye spliced into the end of a wire or line. When a shackle is inserted, the thimble protects the line or wire against chafe.
three sheets to the wind
Drunk.
[Top of Page] [Bottom of Page] eye splice A permanent loop made at a rope's end by weaving unlaid strands into the standing part of the line fag The ragged end of a line fair or lift The wind fairs when it strikes the sails fro a ...
Eye splice: A closed loop or eye at the end a line, rope, cable etc. It is made by unraveling its end and joining it to itself by intertwining it into the lay of the line.
A metal fitting used to strengthen an eye splice (loop) made in a rope or wire.
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The forward upper corner of a four cornered sail known as a gaff rigged sail.
Even keel: When a boat is floats evenly to its waterline, well balanced.
Eye splice: (knots) Braiding the end of a line into itself to form a loop.
Eye of the wind: The direction that the wind is blowing from.
EVEN KEEL - When a boat is floating on its designed waterline, it is said to be floating on an even keel.
EYE OF THE WIND - The direction from which the wind is blowing.
EYE SPLICE - A permanent loop spliced in the end of a line.
Dangling from the outboard end of the boom was a large block, through which ran a heavy 'boat rope'. One end of this was tied off near the bow, and the other, just behind the block, was finished with an eye splice.
CRINGLE - A rope eye spliced into the bolt rope of a sail enclosing an iron thimble, through which a reef earing is rove.
CROWN OF AN ANCHOR - Where the arms and shank join.
CRUTCH - A wooden support for the main-boom when the mainsail is furled.
the process of checking the accuracy of and adjusting the ship's magnetic compass SUPERSTRUCTURE that part of the ship above the main deck STATEROOM cabin; sleeping compartment THIMBLE a pear-shaped grooved metal fitting around which an eye splice is ...
 See also: Boat, Splice, Eye, Line, Point
  
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