Features
- Cover Type: Spiral Bound with 128 pages
- Published by: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
- Edition: 1st Edition December 12, 2005
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0071463216
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0071463218
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Book Dimensions:
9 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
- Weighs: 8 ounces
Product Description
Cobranded with one of the nation’s leading boating educators and richly illustrated with 200 fine drawings, this handy little how-to has something for every mariner. The essentials of the boater’s repertoire are here—the bowline, the sheet bend, the clove hitch, etc.—but so are such lesser-known gems as the hawser bend, the cow hitch, and many more.
Back Cover Copy
A richly illustrated, easy-to-use guide to seagoing knots One of the most visible signs of good seamanship is the ability to tie the correct knot at the correct time, and fast. The essentials of the boater’s repertoire are all here—the Bowline, the Sheet Bend, the Clove Hitch, the Anchor Bend, the Cleat Hitch, etc.—but so are such lesser-known gems as the Hawser Bend, the Cow Hitch, and the Buntline Hitch. The Jar Sling is perfect for that
Chardonnay you want to chill by dangling in the water, and you’ll also discover the fascinating handcraft of decorative ropework, developed by sailors over the centuries.
Suffused with a strong flavor of the traditions of the sea, perfectly balanced by up-to-date information on choosing and handling modern synthetic lines, this handy volume will keep you informed and entertained as you master the art of tying:
- 18 knots tied in the end of a line
- 6 bends for tying two lines together
- 17 hitches for fastening a line to a cleat, post, ring, or other object
- 8 splices
- 9 decorative knots
U.S. Power Squadrons is the largest private boating educator in the United States and the “go to” organization for recreational boating knowledge and training. USPS offers programs in seamanship and navigation on inland, coastal, and offshore waters, plus a host of special topics ranging from marine engines and electronics to paddlesports and sailing. Members enjoy the camaraderie of fellow boaters and an opportunity to help their local boating communities. For a squadron near you, go to www.usps.org.
Knots Overhand Knot pages 37, 38
Slipped Overhand Knot pages 37, 39
Figure-Eight Knot pages 38, forty
Stevedore Knot pages 38, 41
Blood Knot page 41
Heaving Line Knot page 42
Monkey's Fist page 44
Bowline pages 46, 47
Bowline on a Bight page 46, 48
Slipped Bowline page 50, 51
Angler’s Loop pages 50, 52
Painter’s Bowline pages 50, 54
Spanish Bowline page 55
Japanese Bowline page 57
Three-Part Crown Knot page 59
True Lover’s Knot page 61
Japanese Success Knot page 63
Jury Mast Knot page 65
Bends Sheet Bend page 68
Double Sheet Bend pages 70, 71
Becket Bend pages 70, 72
Carrick Bend page 72
Hawser Bend page 74
Reef Knot page 76
Hitches Round Turn with Two Half Hitches page 78
Clove Hitch (for tall piles) page eighty
Clove Hitch (for short piles) pages 82, 83
Cleat Hitch pages 82, 84
Anchor Bend pages 82, 85
Rolling Hitch page 86
Buntline Hitch pages 88, 89
Slipped Buntline Hitch pages 88, ninety
Tugboat Hitch page 91
Lark’s Head page 92
Inside Cow Hitch page 93
Jar Sling page 95
Binder’s Loop page 97
Sack Knot (Twice-Turned) pages 98, 99
Sack Knot (Thrice-Turned) pages 98, 100
Strangle Knot pages 98, 101
Constrictor Knot pages 100, 102
Splices Back Splice pages 105, 106
Wall and Crown Knot pages 105, 108
Matthew Walker Knot page 110
Short Splice page 113
Long Splice page 114
Eye Splice (Laid Rope) page 116
Eye Splice (Double-Braid Rope) page 118
Eye Splice in the Middle of Laid Line page 122
Decorative Knots Turk’s Head page 126
Crown Sennit pages 130, 131
Tack Knot pages 130, 132, 133
Star Knot pages 132, 135
Bell Rope Sennit page 140
Cockscombing page 143
Toggled Reef Knot pages 145, 146
Toggled Lark’s Head pages 145, 147
Toggle and Becket page 148
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