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Introduction CHAPTER 1 A Rigging Primer Rope Two More Tools Small Stuff-Spike Knots, Service, Seizings, Constrictors Lashing CHAPTER 2 Creating and Managing Tension Rope Construction and Materials Block and Tackle Block Construction Tackle Applications Choosing Winch Power The Come-Along Sweating Up Turnbuckles (The Inclined Plane) A General Admonition to Keep Things Taut (or at Least Not Slack) Sorting CHAPTER 3 Friction, Part 1: Knotting A Turn Around the Cook's Leg Six Hitches Six in the Bight Seven Bowlines Eight Bends A Specialist The End of Your Rope: Stopper Knots CHAPTER 4 Friction, Part 2: Splicing The End of Your Rope Revisited: Multistrand Splices Not the End of Your Rope: More Splices for Three-Strand Rope Braided Rope Splices Braided Rope Repairs CHAPTER 5 Standing Rigging Design and Materials Design Principles Spreader Loads Shroud Loads Mast Strength Wire/Rod Options Mast Hardware Staysails Seaworthiness CHAPTER 6 Loft Procedures Measurement The Liverpool Eyesplice Made Difficult The 1 × 19 Wire Splice Made Possible Notes on Crimped Wire Fittings Grommeting The Comforts of Service Into Leather The Wire Round Seizing Mysteries of the Tail Splice Revealed CHAPTER 7 Installation and Maintenance Installation: Getting Ready Stepping the Keel-Stepped Mast Deck-Stepped Masts Living Aloft Topmast Installation Ratlines Tuning Survey and Maintenance CHAPTER 8 A Portfolio of Rigs Mizzens Mainmasts CHAPTER 9 Emergency Procedures CHAPTER 10 Fancy Work Hitching One High-Class Knife Lanyard The Turk's Head: Harmonic Sequence and the Sailor CHAPTER 11 Tricks and Puzzles The Setup Threading a Ring The Jumping Ring Overhand Knot Without Letting Go The Cut-and-Restored String The Professor's Nightmare Topological Bondage The Mobius Bowline Circling the World Threading the Needle The Good Old Actual Indian Rope Trick The Lovers CHAPTER 12 Sheer Ingenuity Tie-Downs Dinghies and Tenders Mooring and Anchoring Halyards Managing Sails Chart Stowage Lifelines and Tethers Appendix: Additional Tables and Graphs Appendix: Soft Shackle Glossary Bibliography Sources and Resources Index
Introduction CHAPTER 1 A Rigging Primer Rope Two More Tools Small Stuff-Spike Knots, Service, Seizings, Constrictors Lashing CHAPTER 2 Creating and Managing Tension Rope Construction and Materials Block and Tackle Block Construction Tackle Applications Choosing Winch Power The Come-Along Sweating Up Turnbuckles (The Inclined Plane) A General Admonition to Keep Things Taut (or at Least Not Slack) Sorting CHAPTER 3 Friction, Part 1: Knotting A Turn Around the Cook's Leg Six Hitches Six in the Bight Seven Bowlines Eight Bends A Specialist The End of Your Rope: Stopper Knots CHAPTER 4 Friction, Part 2: Splicing The End of Your Rope Revisited: Multistrand Splices Not the End of Your Rope: More Splices for Three-Strand Rope Braided Rope Splices Braided Rope Repairs CHAPTER 5 Standing Rigging Design and Materials Design Principles Spreader Loads Shroud Loads Mast Strength Wire/Rod Options Mast Hardware Staysails Seaworthiness CHAPTER 6 Loft Procedures Measurement The Liverpool Eyesplice Made Difficult The 1 × 19 Wire Splice Made Possible Notes on Crimped Wire Fittings Grommeting The Comforts of Service Into Leather The Wire Round Seizing Mysteries of the Tail Splice Revealed CHAPTER 7 Installation and Maintenance Installation: Getting Ready Stepping the Keel-Stepped Mast Deck-Stepped Masts Living Aloft Topmast Installation Ratlines Tuning Survey and Maintenance CHAPTER 8 A Portfolio of Rigs Mizzens Mainmasts CHAPTER 9 Emergency Procedures CHAPTER 10 Fancy Work Hitching One High-Class Knife Lanyard The Turk's Head: Harmonic Sequence and the Sailor CHAPTER 11 Tricks and Puzzles The Setup Threading a Ring The Jumping Ring Overhand Knot Without Letting Go The Cut-and-Restored String The Professor's Nightmare Topological Bondage The Mobius Bowline Circling the World Threading the Needle The Good Old Actual Indian Rope Trick The Lovers CHAPTER 12 Sheer Ingenuity Tie-Downs Dinghies and Tenders Mooring and Anchoring Halyards Managing Sails Chart Stowage Lifelines and Tethers Appendix: Additional Tables and Graphs Appendix: Soft Shackle Glossary Bibliography Sources and Resources Index
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