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	Bend
		A Bend in the River A Bend in the River is a V. Naipaul.
		Bend (heraldry) In heraldry, a bend is a colored band that runs from the upper left (as seen by the viewer) corner of th...
		Heaving line bend The heaving line bend is a quick and simple knot that is used to attach a light messenger, throwing li...
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	FM 55-501 CHAPTER 12
		Faking down a line is laying it up the same way as in coiling down, except that it is laid out in long flat bights, one alongside the other, instead of in coils (Figure 12-5).
		Tying a knot, bend, or hitch in a line weakens it because the fibers are bent sharply, causing the line to lose varying degrees of its efficiency or strength.
		An example of a temporary use is that of tying a heaving line or messenger to a hawser and throwing it to a pier where line handlers can pull the hawser to the pier, using the heaving line or messenger.
	globalsecurity.org /military/library/policy/army/fm/55-501/chap12.htm (6870 words)

	Sheet Bend (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		It is useful when using a light heaving line to pass a heavier tow line to a boat or dock line to shore.
		When used to tie one line to an eye-splice or a metal ring, it is called a Becket bend.
		A Becket Bend on a Bight can be used to attach a tow line to an all-rope towing bridle.
	www.dirauxwest.org /knots/sheet_bend.htm (122 words)

	G H I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A facility wherein the ship is built without sloping building ways, the base line being parallel to the water surface; means of physically moving the completed ship, or large components, to the water are required.
		Fiber line is hauled or slacked by winding a few turns around it, the free end being held taut manually as it rotates.
		A part of the lines drawing in which are shown the shapes of the waterplanes.
	www-personal.engin.umich.edu /~parsons/470web/g_h_i.htm (1073 words)

	Heaving line bend - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The heaving line bend is a quick and simple knot that is used to attach a light messenger, throwing line to the bight of a heavy hawser, enabling it to be hawled into position.
		Lay the working end of the lighter line over the bight.
		Lead the working end around the standing part of the bight from front to back, and bring it over its own standing part to complete one turn.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Heaving_line_bend (159 words)

	Dana: Dictionary of Sea Terms 1841/1851 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A line rove through a block at the jaws of a gaff, used as a downhaul.
		To heave in on the cable until the vessel is nearly over her anchor.
		are of two kinds: square sails, which hang from yards, their foot lying across the line of the keel, as the courses, topsails, &c.; and fore-and-aft sails, which set upon gaffs, or on stays, their foot running with the line of the keel, as jib, spanker, &c.
	www.people.fas.harvard.edu /~morris3/DanaSFLex.html (15536 words)

	KNOT - Definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A figure the lines of which are interlaced or intricately interwoven, as in embroidery, gardening, etc.
		(Naut.) (a) A division of the log line, serving to measure the rate of the vessel's motion.
		Each knot on the line bears the same proportion to a mile that thirty seconds do to an hour.
	www.hyperdictionary.com /dictionary/knot (771 words)

	techniques - knot knowing
		Best made of natural, well-stretched 3 cm cordage about 30-metres in length, one end of the heaving line should be weighted to give it greater accuracy and throwing range when used against the wind.
		Forming a bight with about 2-metres of line, begin frapping the end round both parts of the bight, about 10-cms from the actual bend of the bight, and continue until it is all but expended.
		Although there are several variations on the method of throwing a heaving line, a standard principle is to carefully coil about 18-metres of line in the left hand using rather small coils.
	e-nekton.com /archive/edition4/knots.html (437 words)

	Search Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Zeeman effect Zeeman effect, splitting of a single spectral line (see spectrum) into a group of closely spaced lines when the substance producing the single line is subjected to a uniform magnetic field.
		Wallace's line Wallace's line, imaginary line postulated by A. Wallace as the dividing line between Asian and Australian fauna in the Malay Archipelago.
		A two-year branch of the Univ. of Wisconsin is in West Bend.
	www.encyclopedia.com /searchpool.asp?target=Heaving+line+bend (395 words)

	Maine Windjammer Cruises - Terminology
		Heave-to: To stop a vessel's way by so arranging the sails that she will lie nearly head to the wind, and have no tendency to forge ahead.
		Painter: A line attached to the bows of a boat, by which she may be secured.
		Sheet: The line attached to the after clew of a fore-and-aft sail by which it is held and worked.
	www.mainewindjammercruises.com /terminology.cfm (1328 words)

	Scouting Resources - Knots - H-Q
		Harness Bend - A useful knot for small stuff in tying parcels, bales, etc. as it can be pulled tight and tied while under tension.
		Heaving Line Knot - Various arrangements are used to provide a weight at the end of a rope which has to be thrown any distance.
		Monkey's Fist - A knob knot at the end of a rope, usually made round a pebble or ball of lead, etc. It is the best heaving line knot, the heavy core in the knot giving it the weight to carry the mass of the line when thrown.
	www.scoutingresources.org.uk /knots_az02.html (1838 words)

	ScoutXing.com
		A Fisherman's knot, used to tie a line to a reel.
		Its particular use is as a bend for hawsers and cables.
		Any bend, hitch or knot in which the final or securing tuck is made with a bight instead of an end.
	www.scoutxing.com /knots/knots_index.htm (1570 words)

	knot : Definition from the Online Dictionary at Datasegment.com
		Descending node, the node at which the body is moving southwardly, marked thus [astdescending], called Dragon's tail.
		Line of nodes, a straight line joining the two nodes of an orbit.
		A figure the lines of which are interlaced or intricately interwoven, as in embroidery, gardening, etc. "Garden knots." --Bacon.
	onlinedictionary.datasegment.com /word/knot (939 words)

	Sheet bend (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The thicker rope of the two is used to form a bight, and the thinner rope is passed up through the bight, around the back of the bight, and then tucked under itself.
		It is useful when using a light heaving line to pass a heavier tow line to a boat or dockline to shore.
		However it can easily be accidentally tied with the ends coming off opposite sides of the bend, when it is known as the Left Handed Sheet Bend.
	www.deepcreekyachtclub.com /WebPage/shtb.html (185 words)

	IGKT: Beginners - Sea Cadet Knots
		heaving line to the picking up rope, gun line on the messenger when returning gear after a refuelling at sea (RAS), fastening a line to a spar.
		Securing the boat's painter to the Jacob's Ladder on a boom, for joining two ropes the same or similar sizes, in bending small sheets to the clews of sails, in bending flags to halyards where snap hooks are not fitted.
		Securing the heaving line to the eye of the hawser, for tying around a person's waist whilst using a lifeline, e.g.
	www.igkt.net /beginners/sea-cadet-knots.html (612 words)

	heavy - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about heavy
		In the manufacture of a steel drum, hammering and stretching the steel to elongate the ‘head’ gives a higher pitch.
		The difference in sound occurs because hammering disturbs the ordered arrangement of atoms in the metal, causing dislocation (fracture lines); the weakened metal produces a different pitch.
		Other instruments, such as trumpets, saxophones, and flutes, are made of shiny metals, such as brass (an alloy of copper and zinc).
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Heavy (214 words)

	2000 Pulitzer Prizes-FEATURE WRITING, Works
		Gee's Bend is where the Civil War came and went, but the slaves stayed, and their children stayed, and their grandchildren stayed, and their great-grandchildren, and so on, until today, Mary Lee and 700 of her kin cling to this bulb of bottom land their ancestors were chained to.
		Her 26 acres of Gee's Bend came down to her from Rubin, who inherited them from his granddaddy, Patrick Bendolph, a mighty red oak of a man, and one of the patriarchs in Gee's Bend when Mary Lee was born.
		Gee's Bend is going from a quilt of farms to a quilt of graveyards, and she'd just as soon be someplace other than a graveyard when she's feeling so fretful about her own health and the health of her holy place.
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	Deck General Sample Exam #3
		In order to correctly open a new coil of manila line, you should _______.
		Which line will be the most useful when maneuvering the vessel alongside the pier?
		When picking up your mooring at the buoy, the correct method is to _________.
	www.capt-roys.com /popquizdeck9.htm (228 words)

	Nylon twine and the like having ameliorated knot strength
		Along this line, amounts of this in excess of about 10 wt.% are usually not of particular advantage; although it is possible to synthesize carboxylated St/Bu and the like polymers with included contents of an interpolymerized Formula (III) monomer as large as 20-25 wt.
		Along this line, particularly when dip-applicating techniques are invoked for the treatment, the solids content of the involved latex preparation is oftentimes found to be dissatisfactorily ineffective when dilute to an extent materially less than about 0.5 % by wt.
		As is fundamental, the knots are usually made with the free ends of a given length of twine or to connect a length of twine to another line of the same or different strandular material or to fasten it upon or about some other object.
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	Sailing terms C
		Center line-- The imaginary line running from bow to stern along the middle of the boat.
		It is usually marked by a single or double line of buoys and sometimes by range markers.2.
		Chockablock-- When a line is pulled as tight as is can go, as when two blocks are pulled together.
	www.schoonerman.com /sailingterms/terms_c.htm (1411 words)

	Courageous Sailing - Kid's Program - Cool Stuff
		A heaving line is a line used for throwing from one location to another.
		The most common use of a heaving line is at sea, to pull a cable to shore from a ship.
		The line is tied to the cable and when it has been received the cable can then be pulled over.
	www.courageoussailing.org /kids/coolstuff.html (657 words)

	Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
		Image:Heaving_line_bend_knot.jpg thumbHeaving line bendThe '''heaving line bend''' is a quick and simple knot that is used to attach a light messenger, throwing line to the bight of a heavy hawser, enabling it to be hawled into position.
		The picture I uploaded is of the heaving line knot given in ashlys (#1463) but the directions dont sound like they are talking about this knot.
		There you find a list of all editors and the possibility to edit the original text of the article Heaving line bend.
	www.mauspfeil.net /Heaving_line_bend.html (244 words)

	Category:Knots - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Due to England's strong naval tradition, the English language has a large technical vocabulary for describing knots.
		Of relevance here, a bend is a knot used to attach two pieces of line together, and a hitch is a knot used to attach a piece of line to rigid object.
		This page was last modified 15:41, 18 July 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:Knots (93 words)

	heaving - OneLook Dictionary Search
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		Phrases that include heaving: frost heaving, heaving line, heaving line bend, heaving sighs, heaving to
		Words similar to heaving: disgorgement, heave, panting, puking, regurgitation, vomit, vomiting, more...
	www.onelook.com /?w=heaving&ls=a (219 words)

	Coast Guard Academy USS Barque Eagle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In the knot-tying contest, a cook-photographer duo tied a bowline knot around their own waists and a single becket bend knot that joined the two in the winning time of only 4.3 seconds.
		Tonight, the sails are harbor furled, the teak decks acid washed, the brass shined, the brow awaits on the waist to be set onto a pier, the mooring lines have been retrieved from their hiding place and made up.
		Officer Candidate Greene participates in the heaving line toss competition.
	www.uscg.mil /hq/uscga/eagle/dailyposition/050604Journal.htm (652 words)

	Boating Regulations
		Their info line is 1-800-267-6687 or visit the Office of Boating Safety web site at www.ccg-cc.gc.ca
		- one buoyant heaving line of not less than 15 m in length (for those of you who are not metric 50 ft)
		Check it's buoyancy regularly by wading out until the water is waist deep; bend your knees and see how well you float.
	jbft.tripod.com /boat.html (410 words)

	Tying a French Bowline
		A double becket bend is always used to bend the
		knot to use for bending a heaving line or
		shifting the line from a winch or capstan to a cleat or
	www.tpub.com /content/administration/14067/css/14067_59.htm (367 words)

	BOTTOMLINE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		She bit her lip and nodded, limping toward the door to the hall even as Francis began heaving aside the pile of debris in the spot where Jane might have been standing.
		Francis let her reach the trail, then stationed himself in the bushes alongside a sharp bend, just before the trail turned out into open ground and up onto the low boardwalk that took hikers over and across a three-acre stretch of soggy swamp.
		She was one of the strong ones who stood on the front lines in the battle against evil.
	www2.cconnect.net /Kerry/Line.html (17363 words)

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