Meaning of yard rope | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

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“If the halyards are not single, the yard must be sent down by a yard rope, like⟳ the topgallant yard. In some vessels, instead of making the sheets and clewlines fast to the jack, over-hand knots are taken in their ends, and they are let⟳ go.”

“When "high enough" for rigging, the grummet which confines the yard rope to the yard is taken off the upper yard-arm, and the yard-arms rigged (Fig. 257).”

“They were altogether too heavy to be trusted to a single gantline, or yard rope, so it was necessary to get⟳ a couple of heavy twin blocks up to the masthead and rig a double⟳ purchase⟳ for lowering them.”

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