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Loom lines are horizontally attached lines between the shrouds of a ship, which serve as rungs for climbing the masts . They belong to the standing rigging of rigging .
Loom lines are often stretched over three (or more) shrouds, whereby they naturally have to be secured against slipping by knots or tying. To attach the loom to the central shrouds, the loom or loom is used. Traditionally, one eye was spliced at each end of a loom, which was then tied to the outer shrouds. Alternatively, a loom can be used on the outer shrouds, which is then additionally tied up, for example on the Mir (see picture at the beginning) or on the Roald Amundsen .
Traditionally, weaving lines, like other cordage , were made of hemp on ships . On traditional ships that are still in service today, synthetic fibers are usually used instead due to their better durability . Visually, only little has changed as a result of this, as synthetic ropes are predominantly used for the looms, which in terms of color and structure (laid ropes ) come close to traditional hemp ropes .
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- ↑ so z. B. described from the fifties in: Wolfram Klövekorn (2009): Who never ate his bread as Moses: From the Moses factory at sea. My beginnings in Christian seafaring in the 1950s (p. 179). Books on Demand . ISBN 978-3-8370-2344-2
- ↑ "On the Roald [Amundsen] the looms are also tied in on the front and aft want with the loom." Der Kleine Boatsmann (Version 9.0 - April 2012), p. 35: 12 Sew on looms.