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Jack Ketch’s knot see hangman’s knot.

Jury mat: this is based on the jury mast head knot (see page 103) with the four bights being arranged
as in figure 82.1. The central bights are then drawn out over one, under one, over one to the right and

under one, over one, under one to the left (figure 82.2). The next move is to cross the new central
bights, the right-hand bight over the left, and then reeve the working end (shown bottom right in figure
82.1) through the centre of the mat from right to left continuously over one, under one (figure 82.3).
Take the working end down to meet the standing part and use it to ‘follow round’ the original

formation to fill in the skeleton twice to complete the mat (figure 82.4).

figure 82.1

figure 82.2

figure 82.3