Everything about rope direction of lay

[Dubz]

Reference to left handed "plain-laid rope", note the date:

1853 & 1921, Kipping, Rudimentary Treatise on Masting, Mast-Making, and Rigging of Ships, S.70

"When plain-laid rope is laid up left-handed, it is called water or back-laid rope. There is also a four-stranded hawser-laid rope, which is used for stays, &c."

[Dubz]

Check here for a forthcoming pdf:

The Myth of left-handed hawser rope [in Ship Modelling]

cheers

Dirk

[Dubz]

What a nice confirming comment from a guy with such a reputation like Fred Hocker :-)

   

[tkay11]

Very interesting. Thanks.

Tony