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RATES to To REEVE
RECKONING to RHOMB-LINE
RIBBANDS to RIGGING-OUT a boom
RIGHTING to ROBANDS, or ROPE BANDS
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RING-BOLT
RING-ROPES
RING-TAIL
RIPPLING
RISING-LINE
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ROBANDS, or ROPE BANDS
ROGUES-YARN to ROUND-HOUSE
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RING-ROPES
RING-ROPES, short pieces of rope, tied occasionally to the ring-bolts of the deck, to fasten the cable more securely when the ship rides in a tempest, or turbulent sea, or rapid current. They are, however, more particularly necessary in veering away the cable gradually in those circumstances, in order to freshen the hawse; as, without this precaution, it would be extremely difficult to check the cable, which, being then charged with a great effort, might be drawn violently out of the ship at random.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 245, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1078.html