Archive for November 18th, 2006

A Quick and Dirty Seizing in Eight Minutes

Posted on November 18, 2006.

Seizings are used to hold two pieces of rope together. The rope lanyards on a mast’s standing rigging are passed through a wooden deadeye, which is seized into the cable. The deadeye has three holes in it. Another deadeye is attached to the ship. Rope is reeved through the holes from the deadeye on the [...]

Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )

Come Aboard on a Virtual Day-Sail With Captain Walter Rybka!

Posted on November 18, 2006.

Never been on a daysail? Check this out: it’s a 10 minute video that guides you through a typical daysail from arrival on the ship to the return to your car.
Courtesy of the good folks in the film department at the Edinborough University of Pennsylvania.

Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )

Liked it here?
Why not try sites on the blogroll...