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CLOVEHITCH

Usingtwooverlapping

halfhitches

Thismethodisusedinsailing
formooringonbollardsatthe
quayside,orincampingto
tightentheguyropesif the
loopscanbedroppedover
thepost.

Method
Makea largelooporhitch
withthestandingpartbelow
(1).Holdtheloopsecurely
withthelefthandanddropit
overthepost(2).Allowing
sufficientlengthforasecond
loop,graspthestandingpart
andtwistyourwristupwards
andcounterclockwisetoform
a secondloop(3,4);the
standingpartshouldnowbe
underneath.Holdtheloop
thusformedsecurelywiththe
thumbandforefingerand
dropit overthepost(5).Pull
thetwoendsoftheropeto
tightentheknot(6).You
shouldcheckfrequentlytobe
suretheknotisholdingand
notslipping.