Page 4 - Patrick Moreau - Marine Knots How to Tie 40 Essential Knots

• Constrictor Knot

• Cow Hitch
• Fisherman’s Bend

Eyes and Closed Loops
These loops are generally divided into two categories:

1) Sliding eyes close around the object to which they are tied.

• Overhand Loop
• Noose Knot
• Sliding Figure-Eight Knot

2) Non-sliding eyes are used more frequently by sailors because they are much
easier to untie. There are many types of non-sliding eyes.

• Bowline Knot
• Bowline with a Backup Knot
• Bowline with Two Successive Half Hitches
• Portuguese Bowline
• Running Bowline Knot
• Bowline Harness Knot
• Sylvain Knot
• Matthew Walker Knot with One Strand
• Middleman’s Knot

Eyes and Loops in the Middle of a Rope
These knots allow you to have a fixation point in the middle of a rope, even if
you don’t have access to the ends, while still respecting the integrity of the rope
in terms of traction.

• Bottle Sling Knot
• Harness Knot
• Alpine Butterfly Knot
• Figure-Eight Traction Knot