"Noose Knot"

[Warren Milberg]

Does anyone have any experience using the "Noose Knot" (or whatever it's called) on their boat for applications like halyard shackles, etc. This seems like a nice easy knot to tie and it tightens up securely. Yet once tight, like the Buntline Hitch, my guess is that it would not untie easily. I imagine if I used such a knot I'd whip or sew the bitter end to the standing part. See pic below.

 

[mudtertel]

I would say , the only reason to make one is to hang a Pirate

 

[dfast7181]

It looks like what we call a "surveyors knot" in the commercial diving biz. Pull on it as hard as you like and it's still easy to untie. We use it to make tool lanyards.

 

[noprob2]

FYI Various noose knots

http://www.realknots.com/knots/noose.htm

 

[Freedom77]

I have found that the bowline is the best universal knot all around. Easy to tie, easy to untie. You know, make a loop, rabbit goes around the tree, etc. Fair winds and Full Sails....

 

[Paul Brinkley]

If you need a fixed loop and don't have time for a splice, the bowline is easy and holds well. If you need a loop that tightens when you pull on it, try 2 half-hitches. -Paul

 

[Ross]

Warren knows his knots, this is just unusual I have not seen it before. It may be in Ashley. Maybe a fishing knot tied in large line?

 

[Prime Time]

Name of Knot?

The image is not of a traditional hangman's noose.

The image looks like a knot that is featured in either sail or cruising world this month for halyard applications.

 

[Stu Jackson]

Warren, looks quite clever, but seems to have a lot more "knot" than would a buntline hitch or a bowline for a halyard. With that much wraparound of line, it appears that it's a bigger "fist" than those other two would be. With a full hoist on our main halyard, the bowline I've used onto our Wichard headboard (the one with the blue connector) just barely clears everything.

 

[Mike1956]

"Chimney Hitch"

This video calls it the taut line hitch, but it's more commonly known as chimney hitch. This knot is good for tensioning tent lines. It's very easy to untie, just slide forward to take off the tension, and undo the last hitch.

http://www.iwillknot.com/taut_line/

 

[Don12364]

Halyard Knot?

I first came across this knot 20 years ago when I was fitting a new halyard. The original halyard was also 20 years old and I was amazed the knot was so small yet had stood all manner of misuse.
Of course it could not be untied - even with a marlinspike.

Subsequently I see Selden Masts include it in their catalogue and call it a 'Halyard Knot".
Use it whenever I tie a shackle to a halyard now. Normally don't need to sew the tail to the standing part either.
http://pdf.nauticexpo.com/pdf/selden/hints-and-advice/21696-6227-_16.html

Sorry the .jpg is so fuzzy

 

[Ross]

There is a fishing knot that joins two lines in that manner. In this case the tail is tied around the standing part to form a loop. It won't slip and probably won't jamb as severely as a buntline hitch. But if it were under much strain i think that cutting would be the best way to release it. It looks to be very compact when drawn up close. seizing the tail to the standing part is always good practice.

 

[Ross]

This video calls it the taut line hitch, but it's more commonly known as chimney hitch. This knot is good for tensioning tent lines. It's very easy to untie, just slide forward to take off the tension, and undo the last hitch.

http://www.iwillknot.com/taut_line/

Ashley and others would call that a rolling hitch. I would call that a rolling hitch. The boy scouts call it a tautline hitch.

 

[Joe]

The "Halyard Knot" as mentioned by Donalex, is featured on Page 30 of this month's Sail Magazine (August 2011).

"Pass a line through a shackle, take two full turns around the standing part, then slip the bitter end up through turns alongside the standing part. The result is a low profile slip-knot that will snug down tight and neatlly against a shackle, taking up very little space at the top of your mast when your halyard is used to hoist a sail"

I'm going to give it a try next time out on my jib downhaul instead of the buntline hitch.

 

[Ron20324]

That OP's knot came standard on the halyard-to-shackle connection when my B323 was new. That fat knot helps keep the shackle from banging the mast- or skulls. I used the knot when re-rigging the lines on the lazy jack to the mainsail lazy bag.

 

[Don12364]

It also prevents the knot being hauled into the sheave and getting stuck there in the way I have seen smaller diameter knots do.