10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GANTLINE»
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Take the after end of the gantlines abaft all, each on its own side ; bend to the half
-tops with a round-turn as near the centre as possible, and hitch each to its own
part ; stop the bight to the futtock hole abreast the hitch ; bend a gantline from ...
Alfred Henry Alston, sir Robert Hastings Harris, 1871
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The Seamanship Required for the Ordinary and Extra ...
Q. What would you do now i' A. I would cast off the gantline, topping lift, and lines;
overhaul the gantline and topping lift on deck, and make a gantline block and
gantline fast to the masthead, where the cap goes on. I would then ease up the ...
R. MAXWELL (Teacher of Navigation.), 1869
Both the gantline blocks are lashed to the mast-head as high as possible — the
top is placed on the deck abaft the mast, resting on its edge, the upper part aft.
Pass each gantline under the top, up through the after futtock hole, down through
...
George Strong Nares (sir.), 1865
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The boy's manual of seamanship and gunnery
A large toggle is seized on the end of each gantline to which a rounding line is
bent. The starboard lower pendant is first sent up, a good temporary seizing is put
on about three feet down the long or after leg, and instead of bending the ...
A gantline (or workline), 4-to-1 power ratio. rope bail that is spliced through
strong grommets. Because the canvas is flexible, it will be less likely to catch on
the rigging as you go aloft. But if you can't buy a proper bosun's bucket with a
wooden ...
6
Admiralty Manual of Seamanship
A thimble is seized into the bights of both SWR strops and a 20mm polypropylene
gantline either shackled into the thimble or secured with a double sheet bend.
Maintenance schedules are given in the ship's MMS system and Service Drawing
...
His dedicated maritime husbandry continued in the lower peak store, accessed
by a small hatch forward of the collision bulkhead, shackled to a deckhead lug a
single sheave block and gantline for hauling heavy gear from below. This store ...
8
Seamanship Techniques: Shipboard and Marine Operations
Mast Hounds band Lug Tail block or lizard Stay or shroud Bow shackle (bolt
passes through becket) Double sheetbend Bridle Gantline Bosun's chair To deck
Figure 3.19 Rigging a bosun's chair for riding a stay. Bolt of bow shackle must be
...
Always inform your mate of your intentions so he can grab hold of his gantline.
Never make unannounced moves.” Lying on the deck were gantlines, lizards,
Jacob's ladder, paint pots, brushes, pot lanyards. “Firstly, we pass the gantline ...
10
Accident Prevention on Board Ship at Sea and in Port
A chair used with a gantline should be secured with a double sheet bend and the
loose end should be tucked into the rope lay of the standing part. 15.3.3. A chair,
and all associated equipment such as gantlines, should be carefully inspected ...
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GANTLINE»
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Scrabble World Championships: Prince Goes To Prague
Okosagah took the first game courtesy of GANTLINE, OUTDOER and FARSIDES, but Komol pegged him back in the second. The second was ... «FelixOnline, Jun 14»
An ocean rescue of a man and his boat
Crawford maneuvered his large ship – using gantline hauling, which involves a line rigged to a mast, engine commands and the helm and bow ... «Islands' Sounder, Mar 13»
Unicorn sets sail with its all-women crew
"Slack in the gantline," Imrie called back. Then she tied the rope, squinted into the sunny sky, and watched as McLaren secured the beam to the ... «Ct Post, May 12»
Swinging with the young ones, fixing an old ship
Hanging safely off a spreader one hundred feet in the air, I called down to have my bucket of tools sent up on a gantline. Because there was so ... «Downtown Express, Nov 08»
