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CLOVEHITCH Tiedaroundapost Theknotknowntosailorsas theclovehitchisalsoknown underothernamessuchas thepegknotincampingand theboat ...

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CLOVEHITCH Madeonaring Theclovehitchona ringis usedalmostexclusivelyon climbingropesasitcan regulatethelengthoftherope betweenth ...

3 Me/hod Makea turnaroundthering, passingtheendfrombelow (1); thenpasstheendbehind thestandingpartandagain undertheringtoforma s ...

CLOVEHITCH Usingtwooverlapping halfhitches Thismethodisusedinsailing formooringonbollardsatthe quayside,orincampingto tightenthe ...

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CLOVEHITCH Usingtwoinvertedloops inafigureeight Thismethodisveryattractive becauseitissoeasy,butit canonlybeusedwhenthe hitchcan ...

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CLOVEHITCH Usingtwohands 50 2 ...

4 5 Normallythismethodisused whena linehasbeenthrown butonlyif theropeisnot understrainandcanbe droppedovertheobject. Sailorsuse ...

CLOVEHITCH Foraropeunderstrain Thismethodis preferredby sailorsformooringadrifting boat. Method Taketheropein bothhands (1).Jerk ...

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DOUBLEORTRIPLE CLOVEHITCH Thedoubleclovehitchis usedwhentheknotistobe usedfora longtimewithout beingchecked.particularly whenmoo ...

BILLHITCH Thebillhitchshownin this photosequenceismadewith large-diameterropeandis usefulwhentheknothasto bemadeanduntiedquickly ...

CATS-PAW Thisisthebesthookknotfor medium-diameterrope,asthe strainisequalonbothsides. Method Formtwoloopsandtwist themthreeorfou ...

COWHITCH Thisknot,knownalsoasthe lanyardhitch,isusuallymade onaringorpostandisoften usedtotetheranimals temporarily.Itisnotasecu ...

HALFHITCHES Halfhitchesaretemporary knotswhicharenotintended tosupportalotofstrain.They areusedtocompleteand makeotherknots stro ...

3 SLIPPED HALFHITCH Thisisa variationonthe simplehalfhitch.Becauseitis slippeditiseasiertocastoff, particularlywhentheropeis und ...

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0' Alsocalledtheanchorbend, thisisoneofthemostsecure andwidelyusedhitches.Itis usedbysailorsformooringat thewharfandtotiethe anc ...