Shear Lashing

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1. 1

   Place the spars side by side

   Keep a small gap so the frapping turns can pass between the two spars.
2. 2

   Tie the starting clove hitch

   Secure the rope around the left spar below the lashing.
3. 3

   Make three wrapping turns

   Wrap around both spars, placing each turn beside the previous one.
4. 4

   Complete seven turns

   Continue upward to make a band of seven even wraps.
5. 5

   Enter the gap

   Bring the rope between the spars and around the whole band of wraps.
6. 6

   Make the first frap

   Pass around the wrapping turns, between the spars.
7. 7

   Add the second frap

   Make a second frapping turn beside the first. Pull both firmly in real rope.
8. 8

   Finish with a clove hitch

   Tie a clove hitch on the other spar above the wrapping band.
9. 9

   Snug the wraps and hitches

   Gather the wrapping band around both poles and snug the two fraps. Draw slack out of the starting and finishing clove hitches.