Completely revised and updated, the second edition of this popular and handy reference book covers all the most useful and practical knots, bends, hitches, whippings, and splices in everyday use by mariners. It also covers the most modern high-tech rope materials and constructions, which require special knotting and splicing techniques.
Each knot, bend, and hitch is described, illustrated, and photographed in actual use. With one knot per page, the user never has to turn a page while tying. Soundings magazine said, “This small book lives up to its title. It covers all the average boater will ever need.”
From the bowline and figure eight to the trucker’s hitch and the fisherman’s bend, here are the 27 knots, 5 whippings, and 12 splices every boater should know.
Sailor’s Gazette calls it “the first book you should reach for right after you learn to throw a clockwise hitch on a cleat.”
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Completely revised and updated, the second edition of this popular and handy reference book covers all the knots, bends, hitches, whippings, and splices the mariner needs to know. It now includes the most modern high-tech rope materials and construction--including Dyneema, Spectra, and Vectran--as well as Dacron, nylon, and the other now traditional standards.
The book is just what it claims to be, the essentials. Just what you need to know, all done up in a neat handy package ready to put on board.--Sailing
With good photographs showing each knot in actual use, clear line drawings showing step-by-step tying methods, plus large type, this small book is an excellent and surprisingly complete guide. It covers about two dozen knots that will take care of every need we have encountered in our sailing life.--SAIL
The Essential Knot Book is the first book you should reach for right after you learn to throw a clockwise turn and hitch onto a cleat. . . . This book deserves a place on the bookshelf of every serious sailor.--Sailors Gazette
With large print and exceptionally clear drawings and photos, this small paperback lives up to its title. It cover the making and use of 27 knots, four whippings, and 12 splices--all the average boater will ever need.--Soundings
Contents
Acknowledgment
Some Rope Terms Explained
1 Knots, Bends, and Hitches
Reef Knot
Slipped Reef Knot
Figure of Eight
Bowline
Round Turn and Two Half Hitches
Fishermans or Anchor Bend
Clove Hitch
Lightermans Hitch
Sheet Bend or Becket Bend
Double Sheet or Becket Bend
Rolling Hitch on Rope
Rolling Hitch About A Spar
Figure of Eight Loop
Constrictor Knot
Surgeons Knot
Carrick Bend
Sheepshank
Marling Hitch
Waggoners or Truckers Hitch
Buntline Fishermans Bend
Spar Hitch
Sliding Figures of Eight
Stopper Knot
Bowline on the Bight
Spanish Bowline
Jury or Masthead Knot
Hunters Bend
Coiling Hitches
Half Hitch Coil; Half Hitch Coil for Stowage; Buntline or Gasket Coil
2 Whippings
Common Whipping
West Country Whipping
Needle and Palm Whipping
Sailmakers Whipping
Alternatives to Whipping
3 Splicing
Short Splice
Three Strand Eye Splice
Multiplait Eye Splice
Stitch and Whip Eye in Plaited Rope
Laid Core Eye Splice
Braid on Braid Eye Splice
High Tech, Low Stretch
Flemish Wire Eye Splice
Multiplait to Chain Splice
Index Author Biography
Colin Jarman is an experienced sailor and journalist and the features editor of Yachting Monthly, a British sailing magazine. Illustrator Bill Beavis spent 12 years as a merchant navy officer and was assistant editor of Yachting Monthly.
Author(s): Colin Jarman
ISBN: 007136448X
Format: Softcover, 64 illus. , 96 pages.
Pub date: August 21, 2000
Copyright: 2001
