Knot Know-How E-Book

Steve Judkins

• Herausgeber: Fernhurst Books Limited
• Kategorie: Lebensstil
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2003

Beschreibung

This beautiful full-colour book covers knots, splices and whippings. It begins with the ten knots everyone should know. The other knots are grouped by use so that if, for example, you want to make a loop you have eight knots to choose from. Each stage of each knot is illustrated and its uses, strong points and weak points are highlighted.

Leseprobe

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KNOT KNOW-HOW

Steve Judkins and Tim Davison

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Copyright © 2003, 2013 Fernhurst Books Limited

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First published in 2003 by Fernhurst Books

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ISBN 978-1-898-66098-9 (hardback)

ISBN 978-1-909911-65-9 (eBook)

ISBN 978-1-909911-66-6 (eBook)

Cover design by Simon Balley

Design & DTP by Creative Byte

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Contents

Introduction

Tools of the trade

Terms

Ropes

Choosing a rope

Ten knots everyone should know

Round turn and two half hitches

Clove hitch

Figure of eight

Reef knot

Bowline

Bowline on a bight

Sheet bend

Double sheet bend

Fisherman’s bend/Anchor hitch

Rolling hitch

Tying a rope to an object (with a hitch)

Summary

Buntline hitch

Constrictor knot

Surgeon’s knot

Timber hitch

Cow hitch

Prusic knot

Marlinespike hitch

Tautline hitch

Klemheist knot

Stunsail halyard bend

Draw hitch

Magnus hitch

Lighterman’s hitch

Tying two ropes together (with a bend)

Summary

Carrick bend

Alpine butterfly bend

Fisherman’s knot/Englishman’s knot

Zeppelin knot

Hunter’s bend

Loops

Summary

Man harness knot/Artillery loop

Figure of eight loop

Adjustable eye/Standing eye loop

Angler’s loop

French bowline

Stopper knots

Overhand knot

Stevedore’s knot

Heaving line knot

Monkey’s fist

Bindings and lashings

Boa knot

Trucker’s hitch/Dolly knot

Marling hitches

Diagonal lashing

Square lashing

Bottle knot

Shortening a rope

Sheepshank

Fishing knots

Grinner knot

Blood dropper knot

Blood knot

Double fisherman’s knot/Double Englishman’s knot

Twisted loop

Arbor knot

Stop knot

Fancy ropework

Turk’s head

Portuguese flat sennit

Ocean mat

Wall and crown knot/Manrope knot

Taking care of a rope’s end (with a whipping)

Common whipping

Sailmaker’s whipping

Heat sealing

Needle and palm whipping

Making a temporary eye or loop (with a seizing)

Flat seizing

Needle and palm seizing

Joining ropes permanently (with a splice)

Back splice

Eye splice

Short splice

Eye in braid-on-braid rope

Eye in braid-on-3-strand rope

Tapering

Tapering a rope

Throwing, cleating, winching and coiling

Throwing a rope

Cleating a rope

Winching

Coiling a rope

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Tools of the trade

Welcome to KNOTKNOW-HOW

This book begins with the ten knots everyone should know (pages 10 to 29). It then gives lots of other knots, arranged by use (e.g. knots for tying a rope to an object). Finally, we show how to whip (stop the end of a rope unwinding), seize (sew or bind two ropes together), splice (join ropes permanently), taper and handle ropes.

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Terms

Bend

A bend joins two ropes.

Hitch

A hitch is used to attach a rope to something else, eg a post.

Splice

A splice is used to make an eye or a join without tying a knot. It works on friction. It doesn't weaken the rope as much as a knot.

Seizing

Joining ropes together by sowing or binding.

Whipping

A thin line used to stop a rope’s end unlaying (unwinding).

Lay

The direction of twist of a rope’s strands.

Loop

A complete turn, with a cross-over.

Bight

An incomplete loop.

Stopper knot

A knot which stops a rope being pulled through an eye.

Swedish fid

A grooved spike for splicing rope.

Coil

To twist a rope into a series of loops.

Thimble

A metal fitting put into an eye (to reduce wear).

Knot basics

A half hitch is the start of many knots. So is a round turn.

Security

Length of tailAlways work the knot tight, leaving a good tail.

StrengthA knot reduces the strength of a rope. (Some knots may almost halve the strength.)

Undoing a knot

Some knots can be capsized – eg a reef knot.

Hold the standing part and pull back the nearest end.

You can then slide the knot off the rope.

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ROPES

Ropes can be made from a range of materials.

The table on page 8 lists some of these, and the properties of the ropes.

Once the fibres have been chosen, they can be put together in a number of ways to make a rope.

The most common ropes are3-strand laid, 8-strand braidandcore-plus-cover(see page 9).

Pre-stretched rope

The rope is stretched in the factory.

When you use it later, it won't stretch so much.

Wear

Wear causes broken fibres, or can even melt the fibres together. To avoid this, lead ropes properly so they don't go round sharp corners. Be careful with core-plus-cover ropes: the strength is in the core, but it's hidden by the cover.

Sunlight

The ultra violet in sunlight is bad for ropes.

Measuring ropes

The thickness of a rope is given as the diameter in millimetres. (Ropes used to be measured around the circumference, in inches.)

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Choosing a rope

1.First decide on the strength you need.

2.Then decide how much stretch you need.

3.Do you want the rope to float or sink?

4.Do you need a soft rope (for easy handling?)

What ropes are made from

Type of fibre

Name

What's the rope like?

Synthetic

Nylon

Smooth. Stretchy. Very strong.

Polyester & Terylene

Smooth. Stretches a little. Very strong. Common. Heavy.

Polypropylene

Can be smooth or hairy. Floats. Cheap.

Polyethylene Plastic

Floats. Weaker than Polypropylene. Cheap.

Exotics

Spectra & Vectran

All the exotics are stronger than steel rope, size for size. All are expensive. All have very little stretch.

Aramid

Aramid is not very good at bending and weakens when knotted. Doesn't wear well.

Natural

Manilla & Sisal

Cheap. Weaker than man-made fibre. They rot.

There are many alternative ways of tying the knots in this book. And most of the knots have alternative names! As you become more proficient, you will find your own preferred methods and names.

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Ten knots everyone should know

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Round turn & two half hitches

Use:Attaching a rope to a ring or post.

1.Pass the end round the object.

2.Take another complete turn.

3.Take the end over the standing part, around it and back through to form a half hitch.

4.Repeat, to form a second half hitch.

5.Pull tight.

One of the most useful knots.

Secure, if tied correctly and tightened up.

Good for untying under pressure. Provided you keep tension on the end, the round turn will hold the loaded rope while you untie the half hitches.

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Clove hitch

Use:Attaching a rope to a ring or post.

1.Pass the working end over the object...

2....and back over the standing part.

3.Pass the working end round the object.......

4......and back through the loop.

5.Pull tight.

Easy to undo.

Must be an even pull, on both ends.

When the pull is from one end only, the knot can slip and work loose.

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Figure of eight

Use:As a stopper knot. Stops the end of a rope being pulled through a hole.

1.Make a bight.

2.Pass the end over the standing part to form a loop.

3.Pass the end under the standing part.

4.Pass the end through the top loop.

5.Pull tight.

Easy to undo.

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Reef knot

Use:For tying the ends of a rope around an object, e.g. a parcel, a bandage, the neck of a sack.

Note:A bow is a reef knot, with steps 4,5 & 6 made from loops.

1.Keep working with the same end. Right over left.

2.And under.

3.Carry on with the same end....

4.…left over right…

5.…and under.

6.Pull tight and check.