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<blockquote data-quote="SpiralBound" data-source="post: 1672576" data-attributes="member: 8396">51. Yule's Ropewalks : This collection of buildings are owned and operated by the Yule clan and employs over thirty men, women and children.&nbsp; It is a producer of a wide variety of ropes - everything from thin twine to massive cables.&nbsp; The bulk of the Ropewalk is taken up by the ropewalk building itself.&nbsp; This is a 500 foot long narrow building where they &quot;walk the rope&quot; when braiding the strands.&nbsp; Since the maximum length of rope that can be produced is determined by the length of your ropewalk, 500 feet is the longest single continous length available from the Yule Ropewalks.&nbsp; There is also the Process Yard, a building where the raw hemp is processed into strands for ropemaking.&nbsp; Another building is the Tarhouse where ropes are dipped into large vats of hot tar.&nbsp; Tarred ropes are used for sailing ships where weather resistance is needed in the ropes.&nbsp; The other buildings are a collection of storehouses for the hemp fibres, finished ropes and various other ropemaking supplies.&nbsp; Folstoke Yule is the current elder of the clan and runs the Yule Ropwalks, he has been trying to buy out the property to one side of the Ropewalks for years so that he can extend his Ropewalk to 1000 feet, allowing him to be able to make ropes large enough to supply the King's Navy.&nbsp; The owner of that property has steadfastedly refused however and Folstoke has long since lost his patience...Author's Note: I actually did a couple of hours research this morning for this one on how hemp ropes were made throughout history.&nbsp; I discovered that ropemaking buildings were called &quot;ropewalks&quot;.&nbsp; An interesting thing for me to look into now is why one of the long roads of my real world home town (a northern seaport) is named &quot;Ropewalk Lane&quot;. I think I know what I'll find... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :-)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="SpiralBound, post: 1672576, member: 8396"] [COLOR=Yellow][B]51.[/B][/COLOR] [b]Yule's Ropewalks[/b] : This collection of buildings are owned and operated by the Yule clan and employs over thirty men, women and children. It is a producer of a wide variety of ropes - everything from thin twine to massive cables. The bulk of the Ropewalk is taken up by the ropewalk building itself. This is a 500 foot long narrow building where they "walk the rope" when braiding the strands. Since the maximum length of rope that can be produced is determined by the length of your ropewalk, 500 feet is the longest single continous length available from the Yule Ropewalks. There is also the Process Yard, a building where the raw hemp is processed into strands for ropemaking. Another building is the Tarhouse where ropes are dipped into large vats of hot tar. Tarred ropes are used for sailing ships where weather resistance is needed in the ropes. The other buildings are a collection of storehouses for the hemp fibres, finished ropes and various other ropemaking supplies. Folstoke Yule is the current elder of the clan and runs the Yule Ropwalks, he has been trying to buy out the property to one side of the Ropewalks for years so that he can extend his Ropewalk to 1000 feet, allowing him to be able to make ropes large enough to supply the King's Navy. The owner of that property has steadfastedly refused however and Folstoke has long since lost his patience... [i]Author's Note:[/i] I actually did a couple of hours research this morning for this one on how hemp ropes were made throughout history. I discovered that ropemaking buildings were called "ropewalks". An interesting thing for me to look into now is why one of the long roads of my real world home town (a northern seaport) is named "Ropewalk Lane". I think I know what I'll find... :-) [/QUOTE]

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