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Contents

LONDON, NEW YORK,
MUNICH, MELBOURNE,
AND DELHI 6 Introduction
7 About This Book
Project Editor Ed Wilson
Project Art Editor Keith Davis
Production Editor Ben Marcus GETTING STARTED
Production Controller Mandy Inness
Jacket Designer Silke Spingies 10 Rope Construction
Managing Editor Stephanie Farrow 12 Rope Materials
Managing Art Editor Lee Griffiths 14 Rope Maintenance
US Editor Rebecca Warren 16 Storing Rope
Americanizer Jill Hamilton 18 Terms and Tools
Photography Sam Scott-Hunter 20 Techniques
DK INDIA
Senior Editor Nidhi Sharma STOPPER KNOTS
Editor Pallavi Singh 28 Overhand Knot
Designers Simran Kaur, Vikas 30 Slipped Overhand Knot
Sachdeva, Kanika Mittal 32 Double Overhand Knot
DTP Designer Shanker Prasad
DTP Manager Balwant Singh 34 Best for... Sailing
Managing Art Editor 38 Figure-Eight
Romi Chakraborty 40 Slipped Figure-Eight
Managing Editor Saloni Talwar 42 Stopper Knot
First American Edition, 2012 44 Sink Stopper Knot
Published in the United States 47 Stevedore Knot
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001 – 183048 – April/2012 58 Matthew Walker Knot
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