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clew. Rupert takes a piece of string out of his pocket and ties a studdingsail
tack bend.
“It stay put,” he says.
And so it does. Even under incessant flogging, as the second hitch is

locked in more positively the harder the knot is pushed against a clew or an
eye. I have since used it on headsails and have had it hold when two half
hitches would have flogged themselves off in minutes.
The knot is also known as the buntline hitch from its use in fastening
the end of the buntlines, which on square riggers were used to hoist a
square sail before furling.
In Scandinavia, the knot is known as the “flagg-band” (flag bend), den¬
oting another use where its unique qualities can shine. The knot consists
of two reversed half hitches on the standing part. If both turns are taken

lightly, it makes a running noose. If the second turn is nipped hard, making
a bulge on the standing part as shown in the drawing, you have a margin¬
ally secure fixed eye which instantly can be converted into a running noose
by pushing the half hitches together on the standing part.
Lastly, the Marlow Rope people say the knot holds well even in Kevlar.

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