Hi Mike:

Something interesting just came up from an old Navy buddy of mine, he mentioned that the Navy manuals for seamship gave the rope sizes from England in circumfrence rather than dia. until later in the 1900 so that the measurements you gave me from the book 1922 by Harry Bagshaw could possibly be cir. Do you know if this is the case?

Interesting eh?

 

 

 

 

Gerry Elvy

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