It's on a topping lift, tied by a PO. I was able to reproduce it, but not in a practical way. Does anyone know what this is?
Does anyone recognize this knot?
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That is definitely the “invisible” knot! I have never seen one up close though.
Greg
Greg
Knot trying to be patronizing, but my guess is it is suppose to be a classic bowline. Unless it is doing something other than fixing one end of an adjustment line to a shackle by creating a simple loop, it probably should be a bowline.
-Will
-Will
They are ubiquitous, eh? Probably the most abused knot out there.
I'm waiting for @ClassicSail to post again.
A halyard knot is a possibility for a topping lift too, since it doesn’t often need to be removed. It can look a little neater than a bowline.
There seems to be a couple of different versions of the Halyard Hitch.
Halyard Hitch
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Then, there's the buntline hitch
These are knots that don't come untied easily after pressure has been placed on them.
-Will
Halyard Hitch
and
Then, there's the buntline hitch
These are knots that don't come untied easily after pressure has been placed on them.
-Will
I had a guy show me how to tie a bowline just by flipping it around and not feeding the bitter end through anything about 20 minutes prior to my fire academy knots test and I thought it was the coolest thing. I failed my knot test. That was my only retake.
The top part looks like a bowline and the bottom part, with the 3 wraps looks like a taut line hitch. Or maybe it is just wrapped like that to secure the und until needed.
Greg
Looks to me like a bowline at the top, plus a backup knot at the bottom. Usually the backup knot would be made over the standing part though, not the loop.
The bowline part is not a proper bowline, as the tail is outside the loop. A proper bowline has the tail inside the loop so it is less likely to snag the tail. The remaining part looks some extra line being "stored" by wrapping around the loop with tail lead through the wraps for security
We use to call them inside bowline ( right), outside bowline ( wrong) by making the round turn the wrong way you get a outside bowline. Watching the video posted above they are calling the outside bowline a “cowboy “ bowline. Never have heard of that one.
jssailem
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Dave identified it.
Looks typical of a sailor with too much line and not trusting the bowline to hold.
I like the halyard hitch knot for this use. Good locking knot. Reduced line usage. Easy to cut off when wanting to replace.
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Looks typical of a sailor with too much line and not trusting the bowline to hold.
I like the halyard hitch knot for this use. Good locking knot. Reduced line usage. Easy to cut off when wanting to replace.
Halyard Hitch
A very compact knot used to join a halyard line to a shackle. The Halyard Hitch is extremely compact which makes it an admirable choice for a halyard.
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