ropework
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thumb|300px|right|Marlinespike seamanship being taught to sailors in the early 20th century Ropework or marlinespike seamanship are umbrella terms for a skillset spanning the use, maintenance, and repair of rope. Ropework is used by seafarers, climbers and military personnel.
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- Ropework
- topic's main category
- Category:Ropework
- product or material produced
- rope
- practiced by
- ropemaker
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- Whippings
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thumb|300px|right|Marlinespike seamanship being taught to sailors in the early 20th century Ropework or marlinespike seamanship are umbrella terms for a skillset spanning the use, maintenance, and repair of rope. Ropework is used by seafarers, climbers and military personnel.
Included are tying knots, splicing, making lashings, whippings, and proper use and storage of rope.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “ropework” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.