Spur- lash

There are all sorts of knotts to learn on board a square rig sailing ship. The `spur lash´ is more common that it should be and requires a tricky technique. Once tied, normally someone shouts, `nice spur lash!´or `Captain, I think that the Bosun tied that with a spur lash´





SPUR LASH is the noise that an item (usually of irreplaceable value or rarety) makes, when disappearing over the side. Not just Splash...but a resounding, Spur-lash. Always caused by substandard knot tying...