not really hard -worm and parcel with the lay,turn and serve the other way.Need 3 bods when doing 3 inch stuff,the serving stuff was all tarred and makes a mess due to the tension on mallet -1977,north sea
Hi Carol,
I’ve been off line for a few days and have been re-reading to ge caught up. Seems that nobody answered your question “so the whole rope was served, not just the ends?” Short answer is that depends on the usage and location. Squarerigger could give a more complete answer (knowing his “ropes” so much better than I). One other thought on “sister worming” and worming in general for decoration and/or comfort; sister worming and standard worming make the rope very comfortable in the hand (probably why manropes were wormed?). If only wormed but not parceled or served the rope is still very flexable yet smoother to the hand and often quite attractive as well.