Knots

This page is on the knots we use during pioneering projects

Name: Square (Reef) Knot
Description: A double knot, left over right and right over left to create parallel standing parts
Purpose: It is used to connect two ropes of equal size.
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Name: Sheep Shank
Description: Two half hitches either end of a length of rope
Purpose: strengthen a rope at its weak point by placing the weak part in the middle between the two loops
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Name: Clove Hitch
Description: Two single hitches (half hitches) tied in the same direction around an object.
Purpose: To secure a line to a post or pole; to start and end most lashings.
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Name: Timber Hitch
Description: A hitch used to secure a rope to a log or spar; often supplemented by a half hitch
Purpose: To tie around a piece of wood which is easily undone.
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Name: Bowline
Description: a loop knot that neither slips nor jams
Purpose: To wither bind two together to get length in a rope of to hold pressure of a pull.
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Name: Sheet Bend
Description: A type of knot that can be used to join two ropes of different diameters
Purpose: joining two ropes of unequal size
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