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2. Messenger line - Wikipedia

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   A messenger line or just messenger is relatively light cordage used to pull a heavier cable across a gap or through a tube or duct. [1] [2] The term is also used for a line used to pull or lower a package along a downline or jackstay. [3] A heaving line is a rope with a weighted end which can be thrown relatively easily across a gap. If it is ...

3. Rope splicing - Wikipedia

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   Splices can be used to form a stopper at the end of a line, to form a loop or an eye in a rope, or for joining two ropes together. [1] Splices are preferred to knotted rope, since while a knot typically reduces the strength by 20–40%, [ 2 ] a splice is capable of attaining a rope's full strength. [ 3 ]

4. Worm, parcel and serve - Wikipedia

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   "Worming" the line is designed to fill in the channels (the contlines) between the strands in order to keep water out and to allow tighter, smoother wrapping of the next layers by giving the rope a more cylindrical shape. Lengths of "small stuff" or string are led along the lay of the rope between the strands, following the twist so that they ...

5. Nautical cable - Wikipedia

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   When a ship anchors in relatively deep water (greater than about 35 metres or 20 fathoms), the anchor and rope that is let down becomes drenched with water, becoming prohibitively difficult to raise again, even with a mechanism like a capstan. This ultimately limits the depths available with ordinary rope to within the weight bearing capacity ...

6. Matthew Walker knot - Wikipedia

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   A Matthew Walker knot is a decorative knot that is used to keep the end of a rope from fraying. It is tied by unraveling the strands of a twisted rope, knotting the strands together, then laying up the strands together again.

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