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NICHOLLS'S SEAMANSHIP AND NAUTICAL KNOWLEDGE

A Spanish Windlass.—To rig a Spanish Windlass (Fig 50) take a good
strand well greased in the centre. Place the strand over the two parts of
the rope that are to be rove together, and bringing the ends of the strand
up again place a bolt close to the strand Take the ends of the strand
and lay them up with their own parts so as to form two eyes. Take a
round turn with this round the bolt, put a marline-spike through each
eye and heave around.

SPLICES.

An Eye Splice is formed by unlaying the end of a rope for a short
distance, and then, after closing up the end, to form an eye of the desired
size Lay the three strands upon the standing part, now tuck the middle
strand through the strand of the standing part of the rope next to it
against the lay of the rope (Fig. 51), then pass the strand on the left over
the strand under which No. 1 strand is tucked, and tuck it under the
next (Fig. 52), and lastly, put the remaining strand through the third
strand on the other side of the rope as in Figs. 53 and 54.

52

Fig. 53.

Fig. 54.

Now tuck each strand again alternately over a strand and under a
strand of the rope, and then taper ofi by halving the strands before
tucking the third time, and again halve them before the fourth tuck.

If the strands are tucked with the lay of the rope it is termed a
Sailmaker's Splice.

A Short Splice is used to join two ropes when it is not required to
pass through a block. Unlay the two ropes the required distance, and

Fig. 55.