Seize The Stay

Clapping on a wire seizing is a skill that can only be mastered by latching on to a seizing stick made out of your favorite hardwood. I will illustrate with images and narration how to clap on a wire seizing on any sort of vessel from a large historic sailing ship to a small yacht that would satisfy the scrutiny of even the bulliest of bosuns from the Great Age of Sail. I enjoy clapping on a wire seizing and find it a skill that every rigger/bosun worth their salt should have in their ditty bag of traditional rigging skills.