 Ropes on the sail:
1. Head
rope
2 Leech
rope
3. Foot
rope
4.
Cringle
5.
Earing cringle 6. Clew
7.
Robands
8. Reef
points
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 Sewing the
bolt rope in place
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Spliced
in cringle |
Splicing
the cringles in
Laid up cringles
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Doubling
the bolt rope. 1. Bolt rope,.
2. Reinforcement rope,. 3. Hitching |
Earing cringle, in use mainly
before 1820
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French earing cringle, 1740/1820
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Earing
cringle with thimble, 19th century
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 Clews:
1.
Simple clew from the
bolt
rope, widely used
before 1820
2.
Served clew after 1730 3. Double served clew
after 1740
4. Clew
with thimble
after 1810
5.
Suspended clew with
thimble after 1820
6. Clew
with steel ring,
after 1845
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