Page 227 - Maria Constantino "The Knot Handbook"

JURY MAST KNOT

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a.. Pass the rope behind itself
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crossing turns, with each turn
overlapping the previous one.

Further overlap the left-
2 and right-hand loops - the
right over the left - inside the
middle loop.

Locate the two strands of
3 the middle loop and take
the left-hand strand of the
middle loop to the left, going
under, then over, the t\vo
adjacent strands, to make a
long, left-hand loop.