Three hawser-laid ropes each of 120 fathoms, laid up together in the opposite direction to that of their own lay, will form a cable-laid rope, 100 fathoms in length.
Intambo ezomeleleyo ezintathu, inye kuzo ibubanzi obuyi 120 Fathomus, ibekwe kunye kumacala ohlukeneyo kulawo ayo abekiweyo, ingenza intambo yokubophelela inqanawa.