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Tarring (rope)
Coating fibers with pine tar or coal tar / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tarring is protecting some types of natural fibre and wire rope by coating it with tar. Hemp rope, which was typically used for standing rigging, requires tarring. Manila and cotton ropes were used for running rigging and were not tarred as this would make the rope too stiff to run easily through blocks. Regular tarring at sea was required when sailing ships used hemp rope - once every 6 months for a ship on a long voyage.[1]: 46–47 [2]: 42
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