Posted by Jock on June 04, 2011 at 00:06:11 user Jock.
In Reply to: Re: Commander Walker's eye splices posted by Peter Ceresole on June 03, 2011 at 13:25:57:
Volume 1, or rather both volumes, are a real goldmine of information. My only doubts about Andrew Craig-Bennett's thesis...
...is whether there was some sort of prohibition at the time in distributing the publication to persons who weren't actually in the navy. In a similar vein my Royal Engineer's manual on operating military railways is stamped for restricted circulation.
Of course, Commander Walker could referred John to Knight's Sailing where there is an admirable chapter on ropes. The text on knots is superb, the explanation of splicing is rather brief and would I feel have required some 'hands on' demonstration.