The Seaman's Friend

ster-block. Snatch-block. Tail-block. Whip. Gun-tackle. Luff-tackle.

ich the rope turns; the pin, or axle on which the wheel turns; and the strap, either of rope or iron, which encircles the whole, a

a single block of wood, mort

, or three-fold, according to

e, having a hole through the centre and a groove round it; and a dead-eye, which is a solid block of wood made

eaves, one above the other, and between the sheaves a score for

sheave, so as to receive the bight of a fall, without the trouble of reeving an

eft, by which to make the block fast temporarily to the rigging. This tail is usuall

eeving a rope through two or more

ase, and is made by a rope r

ck. The parts of all tackles between the fasts and a sheave, are called the standing parts; the parts betw

e block of one whip is made

fast to the upper part of the single block, and the fall coming from the double b

ail to the upper end of the double block. One of these purchases, with a short fall, is kept on deck, at han

which is a single rope rove through a single bl

upper block, and make it fast to the strap of the fly-block. Then make fast your hook to the bight of the rope, and reeve the other end