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.
Iintsontelo ezinkulu zentsimbi ezintathu ezinomlinganiselo wenyawo ezintandathu ezili-120 inye, izondlalwe kunye ezinye zijonge kwelinye icala ezinye kwelinye icala, zenza ikheyibhuli eyondlaliweyo, ezinomlinganiselo ozinyawo ezintandathu ezili-100 ubude.