10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHEEPSHANK»
Discover the use of
sheepshank in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
sheepshank and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Chapman Essential Marine Knots
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This sheepshank knot is called "the automatic casting-off" knot because if you
loosen the tension, the knot undoes itself. While making the knot, you must keep
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Boater's Pocket Reference: Your Comprehensive Resource for ...
Sheepshank The sheepshank is used to substantially shorten a length of rope or
to temporarily isolate a damaged portion of rope. Make sure the bights at each
end are long enough that the loops won't slip off them. Consider this a temporary
...
3
Knack Knots You Need: Step-by-Step instructions for More ...
Step-by-Step instructions for More Than 100 of the Best Sailing, Fishing,
Climbing, Camping and Decorative Knots Buck Tilton. sHeepsHanK BoWKnot A
variation of the sheepshank that forms a true Lover's Knot A multi-use
entanglement for a ...
Commonly described as a knot for shortening a line temporarily, the Sheepshank
has more practical value as a means of bypassing a chafed section of rope (see
bottom photo on opposite page). Where this is the intention, a bight is taken in ...
5
A Boaters Guide to Boating
the HALF SHEEPSHANK. This is commonly used as a primitive block and tackle,
although friction reduces the theoretical maximum mechanical advantage of two
down to about one and a half. Some boaters (and nowadays lorry drivers) have ...
6
Seamanship Techniques: Shipboard and Marine Operations
The sheepshank (Figure 3.15) is used generally for shortening a rope without
cutting its length. It is often used in keel grablines under ships' lifeboats, and may
also be employed to adjust the length of a boat's painter when the boat is tied ...
7
The Babylon Boat: A Case in Salvage
'Captain Sheepshank in your professional opinion would the Hippiasterum have
been strained by steaming here in her salvaged condition as counsel contends?'
Bender and Sheepshank had been rivals and bitter adversaries long before ...
The Sheepshank is a rarely used, but potentially very useful knot indeed. It has
the effect of shortening a rope and is commonly regarded as being for that
purpose, but its real importance is in providing a way of bypassing an area of
damage in ...
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Darwin and Evolution for Kids: His Life and Ideas with 21 ...
The Bowline The Sheepshank The sheepshank is a special knot used to make a
rope shorter. It only stays in place if both ends of the rope are pulled tightly. To
untie a sheepshank, simply let the rope go slack and the knot will come apart.
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Mountaineering Methodology - Part 1 - The Basics:
Sheepshank – use – for rope: YES; for webbing: POOR Used for shortening rope,
where losses in knot strength are as small as possible. In mountaineering,
however, this knot does not have a wide application and is not often used.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHEEPSHANK»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
sheepshank is used in the context of the following news items.
Spruce up your Bruce — A 'Jaws' trivia quiz
Sheepshank; 10. W.C. Fields (still a huge cult figure in 1975; sadly forgotten now); 11. While Brody loads his pistol during the first nocturnal shark ramming of the ... «Bloomington Pantagraph, Jul 15»
Peach Plains students get hands-on learning
Sheepshank Sam taught the students about logging in Michigan in the 1800s. He showed them what it was like to live in a Michigan shanty logging camp; taught ... «Grand Haven Tribune, Apr 15»
On Zeus Tragedies, Zoo Strategies draws inspiration from obscure …
... a spacious sea-waltz pace before Trevor Wong and Daniel Baxter's sanguine and swift countermelodies tie the arrangement into a sheepshank knot of sound. «Straight.com, Jan 15»
David Sheepshanks – I'm as excited as any Ipswich Town fan, but …
Former Ipswich Town chairman David Sheepshanks is excited as any other Blues fan right now, but he's urged long-suffering supporters not to get too carried ... «East Anglian Daily Times, Dec 14»
A Scout badge in Public Relations? Please no – we have enough …
While mastering a reef knot or sheepshank was a skill that Baden Powell, the movement's founder, deemed essential for Scouting's outdoor life, the modern day ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Nov 14»
Ylvis Band Introduces "Trucker's Hitch" After "What Does the Fox Say …
The comedic singer then touts all the knots he does know, including the bowline, sheepshank, and double overhand, before belting out his lack of understanding ... «Us Magazine, Sep 14»
Watch The New Ylvis Clip, 'Trucker's Hitch'
"I know the Bowline, Sheepshank, and the Double Overhand, but the Trucker's Hitch, I just don't understand," they sing, before dropping into a super lazy chorus ... «theMusic, Sep 14»
Scouts showcase work to Ventura community
... THE STAR Boy Scout Shaun Provencia (left) receives verbal instructions from fellow Scout Alejandro Lopez while trying to tie a sheepshank knot blindfolded. «Ventura County Star, Aug 14»
อร่อยมาก! Sheepshank นิวอเมริกันริมเจ้าพระยา
Sheepshank ยึดเอาโครงเดิมของอู่ซ่อมเรือไว้และตกแต่งเพิ่มเติม จึงยังคงเหลือเครื่องจักร เครนยกของ และโครงเหล็กซึ่งเป็นโครงสร้างเดิมผสมกับเฟอร์นิเจอร์สมัยใหม่ ... «ไทยรัฐ, Aug 14»
In Praise of the Humble Knot
A variety of knots. Top row, from left: surgeon's; stevedore; sheepshank; sheet bend. Middle row, from left: monkey's fist; true lovers'; figure-eight; bowline; thief; ... «New York Times, Aug 14»
