Useful Sailing Knots
When sailing, knots are almost as important as the wind
Before beginning, you may want to read this lexicon
of knot terminology to better understand the directions:
Lexicon of Knot Terminology
Full Carrick Bend
Sheet Bend
Sliding Sheet Bend
Bowline
Bowline on a Bight
Spanish Bowline
Butterfly Knot
Double Overhand Knot
Figure 8
Figure 8 Loop
In Line Figure 8 Loop
Heaving Line Knot
Anchor Bend
Blake's Hitch
Buntline Hitch
Clove Hitch
Constrictor Hitch
Highwayman's Hitch
Tautline Hitch
Kleimheist
Kreutzklem or Hedden
Knot Terminology
Prusik
Rigid Double Splayed Loop
Triple Crown
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