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(Sean Pound) #1

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).
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