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2. Marlinspike - Wikipedia

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   A marlinspike (/ ˈ m ɑːr l ɪ n s p aɪ k /, sometimes spelled marlin spike, marlinespike, or [archaic] marlingspike) is a tool used in marine ropework. Shaped in the form of a narrow metal cone tapered to a rounded or flattened point, it is used in tasks such as unlaying rope for splicing , untying knots , drawing tight using a marlinspike ...

3. Cabela's - Wikipedia

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   Cabela's Legendary Adventures sponsored Richard Childress Racing driver Daniel Hemric during the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series in partnership with Bass Pro Shops. [33] [34] Cabela's previously had a deck lid space on Martin Truex Jr.'s Bass Pro Shops car, now a logo on his race suit. They co-sponsor the No. 31 car driven by Ryan Newman.

4. Ropework - Wikipedia

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   However, the rope and knotting expert Geoffrey Budworth warns against the practice of fusing thus: [2] Sealing rope ends this way is lazy and dangerous. A tugboat operator once sliced the palm of his hand open down to the sinews after the hardened (and obviously sharp) end of a rope that had been heat-sealed pulled through his grasp. There is ...

5. Glossary of nautical terms (M–Z) - Wikipedia

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   A tool used in ropework for tasks such as unlaying rope for splicing, untying knots, or forming a makeshift handle. martnet A type of brail attached to the leech of square sails (particularly the course s) and of the lateen mizzen; superseded by the leechline c. 1650 [3] mast A vertical pole on a ship that supports sails or rigging. If a wooden ...

6. Turnbuckle - Wikipedia

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   A turnbuckle, stretching screw or bottlescrew is a device for adjusting the tension or length of ropes, cables, tie rods, and other tensioning systems. It normally consists of two threaded eye bolts , one screwed into each end of a small metal frame, one with a conventional right-hand thread and the other with a left-hand thread.

7. Taut-line hitch - Wikipedia

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   The adjustable loop forms of the rolling hitch and Magnus hitch, in addition to being called either of those two names, have also come to be known variously as the taut-line hitch, [3] tent-line hitch, [3] rigger's hitch, [3] adjustable hitch, [5] or midshipman's hitch. [5]