HOW MANY ROPES HAS A SHIP?
LONDON. Sept. 12 If you were to ask the average landsman—and, probably, not a few modern sailors—how many ropes there are in the rigging of a sailing ship they would, if they ventured upon any answer at all, guess a matter of thousands. Dawn at the docks, looking up at the tangled top-hamper of any sailing vessel, von would he inclined to regard the ta-k of ('Oiiij)uiation as liulc short of impossible. Yel it is a very easy matter,' fur there are only five ropes aboard a ship. Of course, there is in some sort a catch about it ; hut the fact remains that only live pieces of the gear of a ship are called ropes. The rest are lines, sheets, gaskets, and the like. The five ropes are:
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Hokitika Guardian, 6 November 1923, Page 1
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135HOW MANY ROPES HAS A SHIP? Hokitika Guardian, 6 November 1923, Page 1
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