Page 121 - Mario Bigon "The Morrow Guide to Knots"

SHEET BEND

First method

Depending on the use
to which it is going to
be put, this knot has
various names: the
sheet bend when it is
used to tie the sheets to
the cringles on the ends
of square sails and the
flag bend when it is
used to join the two
corners of a flag to the
rope used for hoisting
or lowering it. This knot
is one of the few good
for uniting two ropes of
different diameters and
types. The sheet bend
also has the interesting
property that the greater
the strain put on the
ropes. the better the
jamming action. It is
quickly made and easily
untied and is one of the
basic knots that a good
sailor should know.

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