Knots, Bends, and Hitches for Mariners (INTERNATIONAL MARINE-RMP) - Tapa blanda

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.

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

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Knots

Overhand Knotpages 37, 38

Slipped Overhand Knotpages 37, 39

Figure-Eight Knotpages 38, 40

Stevedore Knotpages 38, 41

Blood Knotpage 41

Heaving Line Knotpage 42

Monkey's Fistpage 44

Bowlinepages 46, 47

Bowline on a Bightpage 46, 48

Slipped Bowlinepage 50, 51

Angler’s Looppages 50, 52

Painter’s Bowlinepages 50, 54

Spanish Bowlinepage 55

Japanese Bowlinepage 57

Three-Part Crown Knotpage 59

True Lover’s Knotpage 61

Japanese Success Knotpage 63

Jury Mast Knotpage 65

Bends

Sheet Bendpage 68

Double Sheet Bendpages 70, 71

Becket Bendpages 70, 72

Carrick Bendpage 72

Hawser Bendpage 74

Reef Knotpage 76

Hitches

Round Turn with Two Half Hitches page 78

Clove Hitch (for tall piles)page 80

Clove Hitch (for short piles)pages 82, 83

Cleat Hitchpages 82, 84

Anchor Bendpages 82, 85

Rolling Hitchpage 86

Buntline Hitchpages 88, 89

Slipped Buntline Hitchpages 88, 90

Tugboat Hitchpage 91

Lark’s Headpage 92

Inside Cow Hitchpage 93

Jar Slingpage 95

Binder’s Looppage 97

Sack Knot (Twice-Turned)pages 98, 99

Sack Knot (Thrice-Turned)pages 98, 100

Strangle Knotpages 98, 101

Constrictor Knotpages 100, 102

Splices

Back Splicepages 105, 106

Wall and Crown Knotpages 105, 108

Matthew Walker Knotpage 110

Short Splicepage 113

Long Splicepage 114

Eye Splice (Laid Rope)page 116

Eye Splice (Double-Braid Rope)page 118

Eye Splice in the Middle of Laid Linepage 122

Decorative Knots

Turk’s Headpage 126

Crown Sennitpages 130, 131

Tack Knotpages 130, 132, 133

Star Knotpages 132, 135

Bell Rope Sennitpage 140

Cockscombingpage 143

Toggled Reef Knotpages 145, 146

Toggled Lark’s Headpages 145, 147

Toggle and Becketpage 148