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CONTENTS

About ropes 6
Some rope terms explained 14
1 KNOTS, BENDS AND HITCHES 18

01 Reef Knot 20
02 Slipped Reef Knot 22
03 Figure of Eight 23
04 Bowline 24
05 Round Turn and Two Half Hitches 26
06 Fisherman’s or Anchor Bend 28
07 Clove Hitch 30
08 Lighterman’s Hitch 32
09 Sheet Bend or Becket Bend 34
10 Double Sheet or Becket Bend 36
11 Rolling Hitch on a Rope 38
12 Rolling Hitch Around a Spar 40
13 Figure of Eight Loop 42
14 Constrictor Knot 44
15 Surgeon’s Knot 45
16 Carrick Bend 46
17 Sheepshank 48
18 Waggoner’s or Trucker’s Hitch 50
19 Marling Hitch 52
20 Buntline Fisherman’s Bend 53
21 Spar Hitch 54
22 Sliding Figures of Eight 55
23 Stopper 56

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