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It is best traditionally described:
Left over right – twist through
Right over left – twist through Haul tight.
NB: in America, this knot is known as the square knot.
Reeve: the act of passing the end of a rope through any aperture.
Riding turns: a second layer of turns, formed evenly and snugly though not so tightly that they force
themselves into the first layer.
Rigger’s bend see hunter’s bend.
Rolling hitch or Magner’s hitch or Magnus hitch: related to the clove hitch (see page 40) but more
secure, being designed to take a lengthwise pull. It is often used to secure a smaller line to a thicker
rope, and when so employed it should be tied against the lay of the rope that it is tied around.
Take a round turn around the spar, and follow this with a turn between the round turn and the standing
part (figure 103.1) before finishing in the same way as you would normally finish a clove hitch
(figure 103.2).
figure 103.1
