If you can't do this you aren't a sailor. ;)

[RussC]

Russ... You have a pretty perverse sense of humor... I like it.
I do not want to know the rest of the story... Because is appears you did not respect the chick in the morning.

Of course I did. I'm not that kinda guy.
Besides, I want to snack on it a few more days.
Russ

 

[CharlesDougherty]

Hot chicks a guy who can tie a knot..... so I hear you can find phentermine over the counter here.

Which knot are you talking about? Pun intended or unintended?

 

[capta]

Rereading this thread brought back a memory of when I was a teen, applying for a job on a Dungy crabber in Sausalito. Being younger than his normal crew, he just threw me a line and said tie a bowline. Spent the next three years working for him, on and off.

 

[Rick486]

Rereading this thread brought back a memory of when I was a teen, applying for a job on a Dungy crabber in Sausalito. Being younger than his normal crew, he just threw me a line and said tie a bowline. Spent the next three years working for him, on and off.

Jaws.

 

[capta]

Jaws.

Pincers

 

[Rick486]

Pincers

Quint throws the line to Hooper and challenges him to tie...what knot...? Pop quiz

 

[justsomeguy]

Quint throws the line to Hooper and challenges him to tie...what knot...? Pop quiz

Sheepshank.
Which I still don't know how to tie...

 

[Rick486]

Sheepshank.
Which I still don't know how to tie...

Me either. I don't even know what a sheepshank is used for???

 

[capta]

Me either. I don't even know what a sheepshank is used for???

Temporarily shortening a line. I've actually used it occasionally on gaffers and schooners; vessels w/o winches.

 

[justsomeguy]

Temporarily shortening a line.

Or to obviate a flaw/chafe in a section of line.

 

[NotCook]

It is not a real bowline either. The tail on a properly tied bowline is inside the bight.Bowline Knot | How to tie a Bowline Knot | Knots

The tail can be on the outside, too, commonly referred to as a left handed bowline, but this isn’t ANY kind of bowline. Not sure what it is other than a rats nest.

 

[NotCook]

Just let go of the jib sheets on a windy day and you'll see what I mean.

I’m pretty good at that one, too. Kind of a cross between a granny knot and a hangman’s noose. Guaranteed not to come loose on its own. Suckers are a bigger to untie - almost need 3 hands to do it.

 

[gdudik]

The tail can be on the outside, too, commonly referred to as a left handed bowline, but this isn’t ANY kind of bowline. Not sure what it is other than a rats nest.

Always heard it was called a “winter” bowline—makes it so the tail doesn’t freeze in the knot and become difficult to undo.

 

[MikeHoncho]

I had a guy show that technique to me a hour or so prior to my firefighter academy ropes and knots testing. Being 23 and a idiot, I tried it for my test. I had to retest.