Rope Work There are thousands of individual knots but you only need to know a few. All knotting may be summed up under three headings:• A Hitch - Hitches are knots that fix a piece of rope onto something else. • A Bend - Bends are knots that join two pieces of rope together. • A knot is anything other that a bend or hitch Reef Knot Uses:- The Reef Knot is a flat knot. Do not use it for joining ropes together, as it is not always safe, particularly with nylon, terylene or other “man-made” ropes. Tying the reef points of a sail, for first aid and for tying string on parcels.
Sheet Bend The sheet bend is normally used to join two ropes together. Uses:- for tying flags onto halyards where there are no clips in place. Double Sheet Bend The double sheet bend is more secure than the sheet bend, and is used where the ropes are slippery, of different materials, or of unequal thickness. Uses:- tying flags onto halyards.
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