You do know that hemp rope was replaced by manila rope for ships a long time ago, right?
“Manila hemp” is a type of fiber obtained from the leaves of the abacá. It is not actually hemp, but named so because hemp was long a major source of fiber, and other fibers were sometimes named after it. Sort of like the way today’s “vellum” is not really vellum at all.
Thank you. I did not know that.
When the Chief said two strand left laid tarred hemp cord(and it was always called by it’s formal name. Don’t really know why?), I really thought it was hemp. Thanks, I will put that in the memory banks.