Bell Ropes

[N00b Machinist]

Darn! I saw the ship's bell photo in the daily email and, straight away, assumed it was going to be an example of metal spinning with some really thick marine brass.

But the rope pull is cool, too, Boats. I mean, shot line would've been more authenticker, of course. But where you gonna get shot line in this day and age?

Underway Replenishment station for four hours at a time, right before the midwatch. Good times. Good times.

[Shiseiji]

. . . I think one of them is the foot "rope". Even after doing inshore & coastal in 1981, I simply cant remember.
Very interesting for many of us "land lubbers". I used to be able( a long time ago) to splice & bind etc but your "stuff" is exceptional.

The foot rope, which the French didn't use, hangs below a yardarm to stand on when reefing or unfurling square rigged sails. A "footrope" knot makes a nice topper knot to a key fob. For a real one, the line would have to be unraveled and then reraveled as the knots were ties.

Barefoot in the rigging going around the cape. I'd have never survived . . .

Ron

[trigger]

Clearly the monkey fist became too easy and you still had some cordage left.