Tuesday, November 20, 2012

CAMPING, SAILING, MARINES, SCOUT, TRAVEL: Useful knots, splices, ties, clinches, hitches, bends, nooses, loops, rope works


OVERHAND KNOT

- used for fastening the ends of yarns, strands, ropes, cables, wires, etc.


FIGURE-EIGHT KNOT

- forms an end larger than an overhand knot but has almost similar purpose.


SQUARE KNOT or REEF KNOT

- most widely used, all-around, multi-purpose knot

- very strong knot and yet easy to tie and untie, never slips or jams

- not reliable if used on two ropes of different sizes



OPEN-HAND KNOT

- used for joining two ropes of unequal size or diameter

- quick and easily tied yet never slips



FISHERMAN'S KNOT

- an important knot for anglers and valueble knot for fishermen

- strongest way of fastening thin or fine lines



ORDINARY KNOT

- used for fastening heavy ropes

- easy to make yet very strong and does not slip

- does not strain fibres of the rope

- ropes joined will fall on the same line



WEAVER'S KNOT

- for joining small lines, or twine

- best for joining threads



GARRICK BEND

- best knot for joining two heavy or stiff ropes or hawsers



LARK'S HEAD

- used for fastening a boat or other object where it can be released quickly

- released by pulling out the toggle



SLIPPERY HITCH

- easily made and quickly unfastened by just pulling the free end





TWO HALF-HITCHES

- quick tieing around a post, log, or timber

- holds without loosening, and can stand large strain without slipping

- works even on a smooth, round stick or spar




CLOVE HITCH

- similar purpose as the Two Half-Hitches but more secure

- two half-hitches in opposite directions alongside each other

- also called Builders' Hitch




CONSTRICTOR KNOT

- is an effective binding knot that holds fast on a smooth timber, or a slippery spile

- frequently used by builders for fastening the stageing to the upright posts

- useful in making a tow-line fast to a wet spar, or timber

- similar to a Clover Hitch but with one end passed under the other, forming an Overhand knot

- also called Gunner's Knot




TIMBER HITCH

- used for securing a plank or a spar to be hoisted, hauled or towed




CHAIN HITCH

- very strong method of fastening a line to a timber, a log, or a larger rope for hauling or towing



ROLLING HITCH

- modified version of clove hitch

- best when the object lies parallel to the direction of strain

- best when suspending something on a vertical pole

- best knot for suspending something from the yacht shrouds




MAGNUS HITCH

- often used on shipboard for holding spars




STUDDING-SAIL BEND

- often used on shipboard for holding spars(wooden or metal poles, such as a boom, yard, or bowsprit, used to support sails and rigging)



ROBAND HITCH

- used when a tackle, hook, ring, or another rope must be fastened to a beam by the same rope being used




MIDSHIPMAN'S HITCH

- used for securing the end of a greasy rope to a hook

- half-hitch around the standing part and two round turns above it






CATSPAW

- useful for hoisting with a hook

- made by twisting two loops and then inserting the two small "eyes" into the hook




FISHERMAN'S HITCH

- used in making large hawsers (thick cable or rope used in mooring or towing a ship)

- used to fasten a line to a ring or fixed object

- also called Anchor bend




SHEEPSHANK

- used to temporarily shorten a rope

- used to bypass a weak point in a rope




BOW-LINE

- an excellent multipurpose, multiple application knot

- never slips, jams, or fails

- easily and quickly untied




BOWLINE ON A BIGHT

- very useful in slinging casks or barrels

- used to form a seat for people to be hoisted up or to be lowered down




RUNNING BOWLINE

- a bow-line with the end passed through the loop, thus forming a slip knot





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