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Learning how to tie knots and handle rope properly are essential skills to safe boating.  Generally speaking, a good knot not only holds whatever it is designed to, but is also easy to untie.  Knots on top of knots on top of knots, shows a lack of confidence that the original knot will hold.
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Generally speaking a good knot not only holds whatever it is designed to, but is also easy to untie.  Knots on top of knots on top of knots, shows a lack of confidence that the original knot will hold.  And we've seen a lot of bad knots through the years of Ephemerisle.
  
 
== Everyone should know these ==  
 
== Everyone should know these ==  
  
 
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMwXjckgiOs Cleat Hitch] - Used for attaching anchors lines or dock lines to a cleat.   
 
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMwXjckgiOs Cleat Hitch] - Used for attaching anchors lines or dock lines to a cleat.   
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_CwsRKZOJE Bowline] - Forms a loop which holds perfectly, yet unties almost effortlessly.
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* [http://youtu.be/YXRnPES0Qec?t=5s Bowline] - Forms a loop which holds perfectly, yet unties almost effortlessly and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDZOYUZabV4&t=5s bowline on a bight] is a bowline where you don't have access to the end of the line.
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDZOYUZabV4&t=5s Bowline on a Bight] - Another way of tying a bowline when you don't have access to the end of the line.
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ssa22v4fxE Round turn with two half-hitches] - Great knot for attaching to almost anything.
* [https://www.animatedknots.com/doubleoverhand/index.php Double Overhand Stopper Knot] -  Stopper knot used to prevent the end of a line from slipping through a block.  It is less likely to slip than the [https://www.animatedknots.com/fig8_/index.php Figure 8] knot.  The Double Overhand Knot is also an element of the Double Fisherman's Knot, which is commonly used to tie two ropes together (see below). 
 
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UjBGZu7UQg Slipped Buntline Hitch] - A good temporary knot which will hold, but comes undone with one pull.  Useful for temporarily tying up a dinghy or a kayak.
 
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmT4GMQXeYY Butterfly Coil] - An improperly coiled rope will knot and tangle, making it difficult or impossible to deploy when needed.  The butterfly coil is one method of of coiling rope without twists/knots.  If you have a very long rope, or limited arm strength, you can [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfvioMwTVUo butterfly coil the rope over your neck], instead of your arm.
 
  
== Other important knots for Ephemerisle ==  
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== Other good knots for Ephemerisle ==
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtzeIQjcKEs&t=5s Figure 8] -  Stopper knot
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwdZTHu5rTI#t=5s Clove Hitch] - To tie off a line to a post, or railing.
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAUCmnOV1kI Slipped Reef Knot] - A good temporary knot which will hold, but comes undone with one pull. 
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N6blmw006U&t=5s Trucker's Hitch] - To tightly ratchet down a line around something. 
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== Extra credit ==
  
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gkepmm-5pNQ Trucker's Hitch] - To tightly ratchet down a line around cargo (such as a backpack, kayak, etc.)
 
 
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6oJwedcb18&t=5s Double Fisherman's Knot] - A good way of attaching two lines together
 
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6oJwedcb18&t=5s Double Fisherman's Knot] - A good way of attaching two lines together
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stSVqdQFtfs Icicle Hitch]- A gripping hitch.  Can be used to relieve or distribute pressure on an anchor line, or to tie off a line to a post, or railing. [https://www.practical-sailor.com/issues/35_8/features/Gripping-Hitches_5815-1.html Practical Sailor tests] found it to be better than other gripping hitches, such as the rolling hitch.
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4mHoUNHoO0&t=5s Rolling Hitch] - To tie one line onto another - can be used to relieve or distribute pressure on an anchor line.
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB-cinaUy2s Sheet bend] - Great for tying together to ropes of different sizes.  It's actually identical to a bowline, just using to ropes.
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* Additional boating knots are listed on [http://www.animatedknots.com/indexboating.php Animated Knots].
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== Getting Salty ==
  
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[https://www.indexjournal.com/lifestyles/columnists/curiosity-corner/curiosity-corner-feeling-salty-here-s-what-that-means/article_563378db-ecff-579e-ac1d-b33a1f000398.html Salty...]
  
Additional boating knots are listed on [http://www.animatedknots.com/indexboating.php Animated Knots]. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI0GO86KmsQ&t=3s 5 Essential Sailing Knots] shows how to use some of them in practice.
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi6uV56wXTk Monkey fist] - A nice decorative knot to tie on the end of a line which gives it weight for throwing.
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeYBkMCQ8WY Splicing 3 strand] - Permanently attaching two lines together with very little loss of line strength, or attaching a line to itself.
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ib2tF-M0sg Common whipping] or [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJDCC7dCSyg Sailmaker's whipping] - Ways to use thread to keep the end of ropes from fraying.  Electrical or gorilla tape works pretty well too, but a whipping is much more stylish.

Latest revision as of 21:39, 27 September 2021

Generally speaking a good knot not only holds whatever it is designed to, but is also easy to untie. Knots on top of knots on top of knots, shows a lack of confidence that the original knot will hold. And we've seen a lot of bad knots through the years of Ephemerisle.

Everyone should know these

Other good knots for Ephemerisle

Extra credit

  • Double Fisherman's Knot - A good way of attaching two lines together
  • Rolling Hitch - To tie one line onto another - can be used to relieve or distribute pressure on an anchor line.
  • Sheet bend - Great for tying together to ropes of different sizes. It's actually identical to a bowline, just using to ropes.
  • Additional boating knots are listed on Animated Knots.

Getting Salty

Salty...

  • Monkey fist - A nice decorative knot to tie on the end of a line which gives it weight for throwing.
  • Splicing 3 strand - Permanently attaching two lines together with very little loss of line strength, or attaching a line to itself.
  • Common whipping or Sailmaker's whipping - Ways to use thread to keep the end of ropes from fraying. Electrical or gorilla tape works pretty well too, but a whipping is much more stylish.