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The Sailmaker's Whipping
The Sailmaker's Whipping was taught at a fall meeting and also during the recent Klondike camping trip. If you missed both, This is a chance to try it on your own. We recently purchase several spools of rope and have been cutting them up to use in knot tying, pioneering and in other scout skill projects. We are whipping all the ends of rhe rope with this whipping. We have scanned the directions from a very good book on knots. It is called "The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Knots & Ropework" by Ceoffrey Budworth. I recomend checking out the book. Knots are explained very well in it.
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1. Unlay the rope's end for a distance of about 5c m/2 in and pass a bight of whipping twine over one strand, so that both ends of the twine emerge between the other two strands.
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 2. Re-lay the strands and select either end of the twine with which to begin the whipping.
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 3. Wrap neatly and tightly from the hight towards the rope's end.
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 4. Continue until the length of the whipping
at least equals the diamter of the rope. |
 5. Lay the bight along the rope so that it spirals with one leg following eatch of the grooves created by the strand it originally enclosed. |
 6. Loop the bight over the strand and pull it tight with the standing end of the twine. |
 7. Lay this end of the twine in a similar helix along the remaining third groove.
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 8. Tie the two ends securely between the strands, preferably with a reef (square) knot. (Note - A granny knot was used here, as it was easier to conceal in the picture of the finished whipping, given the thick cord. |
Completed Knot. |
