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human powers. The kitchen knife purchased at Izmir came out and we cut
loose and cleared out, blessing the locals with another CQR.
Some time later, entering Heraklion harbor on Crete before a foaming

nor’easter, a trabaccoli man took our line and tied it at an angle to a con¬
venient hawser, introducing me to the rolling hitch.
If I had had the pleasure before Nisiros, the anchor would still be with
me.
The rolling hitch happily ties at an angle to another line and, unless very
slippery cordage is involved, holds tenaciously. Thus, a line jamming on a
cleat or a sheet with overrides on a winch drum can quickly be relieved of
strain and put to rights.
A cruising man from Tolleshunt D’Arcy in England, Michael Vinni-
combe, told me it was his favorite knot when we bumped into each other
one stormy night in Dover harbor.

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