Page 20 - Knots, Splices and Rope Work: A Practical Treatise

Halyard
Bend”
(Fig. 54).
The

midshipman’s hitch is made by taking a half-hitch around the standing part and a round
turn twice around above it.

The fisherman’s hitch is
particularly useful in
making fast large hawsers;

with the end of a rope take
two turns around a spar, or
through a ring; take a half-
hitch around the standing
part and under all the turns;
then a half-hitch round the
standing part only and if

desired seize the end to
standing part.

The gaff-topsail bend is formed by passing two turns around the yard and coming up on a