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figure 65.1

Fisherman’s knot or double thumb knot or Englishman’s knot: this is a good alternative to the reef
knot, and very useful when knotting two lines together. It comprises a neat arrangement of two thumb

knots, embedded tightly one against the other, with their short ends on opposite sides and lying
virtually parallel to their nearest standing part.

figure 65.2

figure 66

Begin by laying the two lines alongside each other, but facing in opposite directions. Then tie a thumb
knot (see page 171) with one end around the standing part of the other rope. Now reverse the lines
and tie an identical thumb knot with the other end, enclosing its nearby standing part (figure 66). The

two knots can now be pulled together to form the fisherman’s knot.

Flat seizing: form an eye in the rope to the required size and then sew the rope together with twine,