AY Honors/Lashing/Answer Key
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1. Define lashing and explain its purposes.
2. How can lashing be used in a camping or outdoors setting? Give three examples.
3. What materials are used in lashing?
a. List types of ropes that are preferred for lashing.
b. Give the advantages of natural materials over dimensional lumber.
4. Demonstrate the following beginning and ending knots:
a. Timber hitch
b. Clove hitch
c. Square knot
5. What beginning and ending knots are used in the following five types of lashing:
a. Square
b. Shear
c. Tripod
d. Diagonal
e. Continuous
6. Explain how to calculate the length and thickness of ropes needed for a project. Demonstrate how to preserve the ends of a cut rope.
7. Explain the differences between a frap and a wrap.
- Wrap
- A wrap is a turn made around the two spars to hold the spars tightly together. Usually, three wraps are made to form a Square Lashing. Some other lashings require more wraps.
- Frap
- A frap is a turn made between the spars. It goes around the wraps to pull the wraps tighter. Usually two frapping turns are made on a lashing.
