Lineman's Rolling Hitch 003 Now bring the line back to the front of the wraps and tie at least two half hitches around the object. I'm about to tie one half hitch in this picture.
Taking the mast down 005 The Rolling Hitch is tied to the luff and the knot can be slip up or down very easy until tension is applied to the standing part of the line. I usually slide it up so that it's about 1.5' above the Gin Pole. I also tie this rope around the Gin pole about 2/3s of the way out beyond the mast. The Jib Halyard needs to be connected to the top of the Gin Pole and the Boom Vang needs to be taken up so that it is applying the down tension to the bottom end of the Gin Pole. With the hitch tied to the luff, I can wrap the line around the Gin Pole and try and pull the slack out to get the luff nice and tight. Then I take a round turn of the line around the Gin Pole and put two half hitches on the line. The round turn will keep the half hitches from jamming when you go to remove it. The next step is to take the excess line around the Vinyl luff and entrap it to the Gin Pole by using a couple of half hitches tied around the Gin Pole. All we're doing here is keeping the Vinyl luff secured close the the Gin Pole to prevent it from flopping around.
Taking the mast down 001 Here's where the "Lineman's Rolling Hitch" really comes in handy. In the pic, I have my vinyl furler luff tied off to my Gin Pole with this hitch wrapped around the luff a couple of feet up over the Pole.
Lineman's Rolling Hitch 005 I call this hitch the "Lineman's Rolling Hitch." I doubt if you'll find this one in the knot books or anywhere else on the web. It's easy to tie and has a million uses. You can tie this hitch and move the rope coils forward or back but once you pull on the standing part of the line, she tightens right up. This hitch tied around an 1/8" stay with 3/16" braid will not slide once the strain is applied to the standing part of the line. I sometimes tie a single sheave to this line and use it to hoist my shower bag up high on my back stay. I found this hitch to be useful in securing my CDI Furler vinyl luff to my Gin Pole when raising/lowering my mast. Check out my mast raising/lowering album for pics of this. It's a great hitch.
Lineman's Rolling Hitch 003 Now bring the line back to the front of the wraps and tie at least two half hitches around the object. I'm about to tie one half hitch in this picture.
Lineman's Rolling Hitch 002 Then bring the bitter end back around and in between the standing part of the line and the object you are tying. You can take it through either from left to right or right to left. Because I'm right handed, I usually take the rope though so it come out toward me which is different to what is seen in this picture.
Lineman's Rolling Hitch 001 To tie this hitch just take about five or six wraps around anything like rope, wire, a spar or even a roller furler vinyl luff. Always wrap the line away from you.
Please don't be confused with the name of this picture as it appears in this group. It's true name is the ''Highwayman's Hitch'' on this page. I read an article in an old boating magazine that featured this hitch. It was referred to as the "Scandinavian Hitch.'' It was supposedly used by Scandinavian boaters on rivers in conjunction with the anchor. They would anchor in the river close to shore and rope the stern off to a tree on shore with this hitch and a smaller diameter trip line that they could use to spill the hitch from the cockpit of their boats.
Joe11688

Lineman's Rolling Hitch 003 Now bring the line back to the front of the wraps and tie at least two half hitches around the object. I'm about to tie one half hitch in this picture.

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