Page 159 - Maria Constantino "The Knot Handbook"

FISHERMAN'S BEND

~ (ALSO KNOWN AS ANCHOR BEND)
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~ In spite of its name, this is actually a hitch. 'Bend' comes from the fact that sailors 'bent' a
::C rope to an anchor or spar, and the knot is widely used to moor a boat at a quayside, since it
is secure in wet or slippery ropes.

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Bring the working end
2 down and behind the
standing part.

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Leave a long working end
I of the line and pass it twice
through the ring to form a
round turn.