Page 19 - Knots, Splices and Rope Work: A Practical Treatise

Occasions sometimes
arise where a tackle,
hook, ring, or another
rope must be fastened to
a beam by the same rope

being used, and in such
cases the “Roband
Hitch” (Fig. 51) comes
in very handy.

These are all
so simple
and easily

understood
from the
figures that
no
explanation

is necessary.

Almost as
simple are
the

“Midshipman’s Hitch” (Fig. 52), the “Fisherman’s Hitch” (Fig. 53), and the “Gaff Topsail