Page 14 - The New Encyclopedia of Knots
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figure 6
Belaying to a mooring bollard or samson post secures a ship to shore. Take a series of turns around
the post, and pass a bight of rope under the (loadbearing) standing part and then drop it over the turns
on the post (figure 7). You can take the end around the post again, and pass another bight under the
standing part to drop it over the post. You can repeat the process again, but on no account should you
take a turn around the post with the standing part.
