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HEAVING-LINE BEl'~D
Ill
c irst mentioned in 1912 in a Swedish knot manual, De Viktigaste K nutarna, by Hjalmar
z FOhrvall, this quick and easy knot was used to attach a lightweight messenger line to the
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a::I bight, or eye, of the heavier hawser that was to be hauled into position.
Make a bight in the hawser
I to be hauled.
Take the lighter line
2 and lay it over the bight
so that both working ends
are next to each other.
