Name you poision (knot)
- Thread starter Brian D
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Anchor Hitch or similar to the Angler on right.
http://www.animatedknots.com/anchor/
I have their App on my iPad.
Jim...
http://www.animatedknots.com/anchor/
I have their App on my iPad.
Jim...
This one is my favorite for a temporary Mid ship cleat tie up for provisions.
Quick on and easy release.
http://www.animatedknots.com/pile/index.php
Jim...
Quick on and easy release.
http://www.animatedknots.com/pile/index.php
Jim...
I have a lot of "favorite" knots, but over many years of sailing, I have never had a properly tied bowline fail. Fast and easy to tie. It wins my vote.
Is taught to USNavy as a rescue knot for Self rescue from a tossed line, but with this variation.
http://www.animatedknots.com/bowlinerunning/index.php
My Brother, a USN Academy graduate, had to tie this knot after he wrapped the line around himself under his arms. He couldn't do it for me facing me.
Jim...
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Knots have uses... @JamesG161 I like that Running Bowline knot if I was tying it around something that could survive the squeeze, like a log or stick that I wanted a stable, secure hold.
I would not want that knot tied around me when I need a stable, secure hold then let you pull me into the boat. The knot would cut me in two.
Choice of design follows function.
I would not want that knot tied around me when I need a stable, secure hold then let you pull me into the boat. The knot would cut me in two.
Choice of design follows function.
Not in your "Mummy" outfit.
It goes up under the arm pits, just like a USCG retrieval sling, but it is not padded for you comfort, but rescue.
Jim.
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Jokes aside, the perfection knot is a good knot, as long as you don't need to tie it around something.
If the issue with the bowline is the tag end being inside the loop, then you can just tie it backwards, with the tag end on the outside. It holds just as well either way.
If the issue with the bowline is the tag end being inside the loop, then you can just tie it backwards, with the tag end on the outside. It holds just as well either way.
That's interesting. I've been using a "thrown" clove hitch in that situation. I think that I like your knot better.
That is my Fender Tie knot, but most don't know how to adjust it.
http://www.animatedknots.com/cloveend/index.php
Now I just ordered this for the Admiral.
https://www.westmarine.com/buy/hard...ter-fender-hangers--P011508421?pCode=11508439
For a new starboard side fender.
Jim...
True.
Except: if you use it on a tight loop, like for your jib clews, it becomes difficult to untie it because the part that can move to loosen it is constrained back up into the loop, and can't slide down the standing end. Think about it, or try it. I always have to have the jib clew tucked under my arm and am facing away from the sail when I tie it or it ends up being done "backwards."
I also have never had a bowline fail.
The advantage of a bowline over just about any other knot is it's ability to be untied, even after extreme tightening. We used a bowline on the 4" or 6" polypro tow lines and even after days/weeks of towing extremely heavy barges, we could always undo a bowline.
The advantage of a bowline over just about any other knot is it's ability to be untied, even after extreme tightening. We used a bowline on the 4" or 6" polypro tow lines and even after days/weeks of towing extremely heavy barges, we could always undo a bowline.
I actually have seen a bowline fail, but it was probably not properly tied. The tail pulled out as the knot rolled over. I also have seen bowlines pulled so tight they were impossible to get undone. I'm not a fan of the fisherman's hitch or the clove hitch because of that. I use the fisherman's bend (shown here with a different name) http://www.animatedknots.com/roundturn/index.php
a lot and a slippery double sheet bend when tying to a loop of rope.
I love the taught line hitch and it took me a while to figure out the difference from a rolling hitch.
- Will (Dragonfly)
a lot and a slippery double sheet bend when tying to a loop of rope.
I love the taught line hitch and it took me a while to figure out the difference from a rolling hitch.
- Will (Dragonfly)
I use a backwards bowline as my 'go to' knot. It works, you can untie it, and, most importantly, my hands know how to do it. I find that if I have to think about a knot, I don't use it.
Yes. I don't tie it facing the sail. Years ago I had a practice line and tied like a thousand of them. I don't have to think about it since then but I like to start the same way. Since I want the tail to end up facing away from the shrouds I have to reverse the Starboard side. That' a challenge for the lexdysia inflicted.
