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sailing ship is
equipped with a
footrope for
sailors to
stand on
while setting or
stowing the sails. Formerly, the
footrope was the rope sewn
along the lower...
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consist of a
single footrope and
nothing more.
These are
tightropes and slacklines, and
require skill to use. More commonly, the
footrope is
accompanied by...
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multistrand stopper knot, that is
similar in
appearance (although the
footrope knot is
really more similar, but it is
simply an
upside down
diamond knot)...
- ("floatline") and
weight on the
lower edge ("
footrope") of the net mouth. The
configuration of the
footrope varies based on the
expected bottom shape. The...
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horse is a
footrope on a
square rigged sailing ship that is
found at the
extreme outer end of the yard, or the yardarm. The main
footrope runs
along the...
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climb aloft and
spread out
along the yards. To do this, they
stand in
footropes suspended beneath the yard and
balance themselves between that and the...
- is
shown in
early sculpture and paintings. — The
Ashley Book of
Knots Footrope "The Free Dictionary: Ratlines".
Retrieved 2013-08-29. Ashley, Clifford...
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Baggywrinkle Belaying pin*
Block Cleat bitts Clevis pin
Deadeye Earing Fairlead Footrope Gasket Parrel beads Ring bolt
Roller furling Shackle Swivel gooseneck Trapeze...
- the topsail. In that case, a clue to the
arrangement is the
absence of
footropes.: p87 : 8 Underhill, H. A. (1955).
Sailing ship rigs and
rigging (2nd ed...
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sewing thread; it
provides a
handhold or a
foothold in bell
ropes and
footropes. It adds
weight to the end of a
heaving line, and it is
often emplo****...
