| Knots & Lashing |
| Lashings A Lashing is a rope or cord by which two or more objects. eg spars are bounded tightly together. 5.1 Round Lashing Used for joining 2 poles together. Used in the construction of flagpoles. Method: Start with a clove hitch around the both spars. Continue with nine or more turns, tightening the rope at every half-turn. End the lashing with a clove hitch. 5.2 Shear Lashing It is made near the tip of a pair of parallel poles, so that this pair can be opened out to form a pair of "scissors legs", known as shear legs. Method: Start with a clove hitch on one spar Start the shear lashing for a short distant form the top of the spars Make about 8 10 turns round both the spars. Tighten lashing with 3-4 frappings. Finish with clove hitch on the other spar. |
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