"Dog-and-bitch thimble”

[cardely]

Does anyone know how exactly this item looks like?

It is mentioned in many sources, and especially in "seamanship in the age of sail" (p83), without a word on its shape.

[robnbill]

Do a google search on Dog-Bitch Thimble and you should find an excerpt from The Anatomy of Nelsons Ships that describes it as well as has a drawing.

 

http://books.google.com/books?id=_I8AqFfhvn0C&pg=PA237&lpg=PA237&dq=dog-bitch+thimble&source=bl&ots=HrkgQ4vHPj&sig=DduiOcb2GKF3uMLc56uV5k21klk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=deBQVKHWKszdsAT5o4KADQ&ved=0CC0Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=dog-bitch%20thimble&f=false

[cardely]

Thank you!

But it seems there's no preview, I will add this book to my wishing list...

[robnbill]

That is interesting. I was able to preview it, including the pages the description and digram were on.

[cardely]

This maybe due to the great China Firewall, I cannot tunnel throu without a premium VPN.

[johnh]

Do a google search on Dog-Bitch Thimble and you should find an excerpt from The Anatomy of Nelsons Ships that describes it as well as has a drawing.

 

 

Interlocking the thimbles rotates things through a right angle, so allowing the brace block to sit with the sheave up and down rather than lying flat.Presumably this means the brace fall is less likely to tist upon itself. Maybe of interest to the practical seaman, but of little interest to the modelmaker.

[cardely]

Thanks...such a simple layout.