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Chapter VI.
What doth belong to the Boats and Skiffe
with the definition of all those thirteene Ropes
which are onely properly called Ropes
belonging to a ship and the Boat and their use.
OF Boats there are divers sorts, but those belonging to ships, are
called either the long Boat or ships Boat, which should bee able
to weigh her sheat anchor, those will live in any reasonable sea,
especially the long Boat; great ships have also other small Boats
called Shallops and Skiffes, which are with more ∥ ease and lesse
trouble rowed to and againe upon any small occasion. To a Boat belongs
a mast and saile, a stay sheat and Halyard, Rudder and Rudder
irons, as to a ship, also in any discovery they use a Tarpawling,
which is a good peece of Canvas washed over with Tar, to cover the
Bailes or hoopes over the sterne of their Boat, where they lodge in an
harbor which is that you call a Tilt covered with wadmall in your
Wherries; or else an Awning, which is but the boats saile, or some
peece of an old saile brought over the yard and stay, and boumed out
with the boat hooke, so spread over their heads, which is also much
used, as well a shore as in a ship, especially in hot countreys to keepe
men from the extremity of heat or wet which is very oft infectious.
Thoughts are the seats whereon the Rowers sit; and Thowles small
pins put into little holes in the Gunwaile or upon the Boats side,
against which they beare the oares when they row, they have also a
Daved, and also in long Boats a windlesse to weigh the anchor by,
which is with more ease than the ship can. The two arching timbers
against the Boat head are called Carlings. Man the Boat is to put a
Gang of men, which is a company into her, they are commonly called
to baile or cast out the water. Trim the Boat is to keepe her straight.
Winde the Boat is to bring her head the other way. Hold water is to
stay her. Forbeare is to hold still any oare you are commanded, or on
the broad, or whole side. A fresh Spell is to releeve the Rowers with
another Gang, give the Boat more way for a dram of the bottell, who
saies Amends, one and all, Vea, vea, vea, vea, vea, that is, they pull
all strongly together.
The Entering rope
is tied by the ships side, to hold by as yougoe up the Entering ladder, cleats, or wailes.
The Bucket rope that is tied to the Bucket by which you hale
and draw water up by the ships side.
The Bolt ropes are those wherein the sailes are sowed.
The Port ropes hale up the Ports of the Ordnances.
The Jeare rope is a peece of a hawser made fast to the ∥ maine
yard, another to the fore yard close to the ties, reeved thorowa blocke
which is seased close to the top, and so comes downe by the mast, and
is reeved thorowanother blocke at the bottome of the mast close by
the decke; great ships have on each side the ties one, but small ships
none: the use is to helpe to hoise up the yard to succour the ties,
which though they breake yet they would hold up the mast.
The Preventer rope is a little one seased crosse over the ties, that
if one part of them should breake, yet the other should not runne
thorowthe Rams head to indanger the yard.
The Top ropes are those wherewith we set or strike the maine or
fore Top masts, it is reeved thorowa great blocke seased under the
Cap, reeved thorowthe heele of the Top mast thwart ships, and then
made fast to a ring with a clinch on the other side the Cap, the other
part comes downe by the ties, reeved into the Knights, and so brought
to the Capstainewhen they set the Top masts.
The Keele rope, you have read in the building,
is of haire in theKeele to scower the Limber holes.
The Rudder rope is reeved thorowthe stern post, and goeth
thorowthe head of the Rudder, and then both ends spliced together,
serves to save the Rudder if it should bee strucke off the irons.
The Cat rope is to hale up the Cat.
The Boy rope is that which is tied to the boy
by the one end,and the anchors flooke by the other.
The Boat rope is that which the ship doth tow her Boat by, at
her sterne.
The Ghest
rope is added to the Boat rope when shee is towedat the ships sterne, to keepe her from shearing, that is, from swinging
to and againe; for in a stiffe gale she will make such yawes, and have
such girds, it would indanger her to bee torne in peeces, but that
they use to swift her, that is, to incircle the Gunwaile with a good
rope, and to that make fast the Ghest rope.
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