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CLOVEHITCH

Tiedaroundapost

Theknotknowntosailorsas

theclovehitchisalsoknown

underothernamessuchas

thepegknotincampingand

theboatman'sknotin

climbing.Itisasafeknot

whichiseasytomakeandis

usedina varietyofsituations.

Sailorsuseitinsmall-or

medium-diameterropefor

mooring;itisusedon

climbingropeandbycampers

tosecuretentpoles.

Method

Makea counterclockwiseturn

aroundthepost.passingthe

endin frontofit (1).The

secondturnismadeby

passingtheendbackaround

thepostabovethefirstturn

withouttighteningit(2).

Thentucktheendthrough

thesecondturnwhichshould

crossoverthefirst(3).Draw

thehitchtautbypullingboth

ends(4).

SLIPPED

CLOVEHITCH

Thebightservestoundothe

knotquicklywhentheropeis

understrain(5).

DOUBLE

CLOVEHITCH

Tomakethisknotyouneed

onlymakeanextraturn

aroundthepost(6).