The Essential Knot Book

by Colin Jarman

Overview

"The book is just what it claims to be, all the essentials. Just what you need to know, done up in a neat handy package ready to put on board." — SAILING

THE ESSENTIAL KNOT BOOK covers all the bends, hitches, whippings and splices used every day by anyone going to sea. It shows at a glance both how to tie the knot, bend or hitch, and how to use it most effectively in situ aboard. The straightforward text and excellent color photographs, coupled with QR codes linking to online video demonstrations, new for this edition, make this a very user-friendly book–a must-have if you're aboard any boat,large or small.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071822350
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	11/04/2013
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	10.30(w) x 6.50(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

COLIN JARMAN has been a professional marine photojournalist for over 40 years and an avid sailor for well over 50 years. His interest in knots and ropework began when he started sailing and has resulted in a number of bestselling books on the subject. Colin sails his twenty-one-foot bilge keeled cruiser along England's East Coast and the Thames Estuary, exploring small creeks and remote anchorages.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgement	iv
	Some Rope Terms Explained	vii
1	Knots, Bends and Hitches	1
	Reef Knot	2
	Slipped Reef Knot	4
	Figure of Eight	5
	Bowline	6
	Round Turn and Two Half Hitches	8
	Fisherman's or Anchor Bend	10
	Clove Hitch	12
	Lighterman's Hitch	14
	Sheet Bend or Becket Bend	16
	Double Sheet or Becket Bend	18
	Rolling Hitch on Rope	20
	Rolling Hitch About A Spar	22
	Figure of Eight Loop	24
	Constrictor Knot	26
	Surgeon's Knot	27
	Carrick Bend	28
	Sheepshank	30
	Marling Hitch	32
	Waggoner's or Trucker's Hitch	33
	Buntline Fisherman's Bend	35
	Spar Hitch	36
	Sliding Figures of Eight	37
	Stopper Knot	38
	Bowline on the Bight	39
	Spanish Bowline	40
	Jury or Masthead Knot	42
	Hunter's Bend	44
	Coiling Hitches	45
	Half Hitch Coil	45
	Half Hitch Coil for Stowage	46
	Buntline or Gasket Coil	47
2	Whippings	49
	Common Whipping	50
	West Country Whipping	51
	Needle and Palm Whipping	52
	Sailmaker's Whipping	53
	Alternatives to Whipping	54
3	Splicing	55
	Short Splice	56
	Long Splice	58
	Three Strand Eye Splice	59
	Multiplait Eye Splice	60
	Stich and Whip Eye in Plaited Rope	62
	Laid Core Eye Splice	64
	Braid on Braid Eye Splice	68
	High Tech, Low Stretch	71
	Flemish Wire Eye Splice	79
	Multiplait to Chain Splice	83
	Index	85