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48. Three-way Sheet Bend

This knot can be used to form a towrope joined to a bridle between the port
and starboard stern cleats on a boat. Used in the opposite way (with the
single line as the anchor and the other two lines trailing), a single strong
paddler could tow two weaker ones. It is insecure and prone to slippage,

but this can be remedied by finishing the knot as a Tucked Sheet Bend
(opposite).

Uses: two-to-one or one-totwo towing

Pros: one of few easy three-way bends; easy to tie and untie; works with different diameter ropes

Cons: insecure and subject to slipping

Instructions

1. Make a bight with the thicker rope. Keeping the two thinner ropes parallel, pass their working ends
through the bight from back to front, around the bight’s working end, and then around the standing part of

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