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THE ASHLEY BOOK OF KNOTS

1846. The BOWLINE KNOT is often tied in a painter to the ring of a

float. Sometimes where there is considerable tide the painter is rove

through a ring on a wharf, led back to the boat and tied in a BOWLINE

close to deck. In this way it is not necessary to cast off until ready

to pull away.

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The ROUND TURN AND BOWLINE is a very handy ANCHOR BEND for

a small boat.

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1847. The BUNTLINE HITCH is ordinarily tied with one turn only

through a cringle or eyelet. It is used to bend a buntline to the foot

- of a square sail.

1848. The PORTUGUESE BOWLINE. I first saw this knot used as an

ANCHOR BEND in the quahog fleet at the "Portagee Navy Yard" in

New Bedford. It is shown by Bandeira (Tratado de Apparelbo do

Navio, Lisboa, 1896). Felix Riesenberg, in his Standttrd Seamanship,

calls it "FRENCH Bo\VLINE" and points out that it makes an excellent

boatswain's chair, with one loop serving as sea~, the other as back.

It must be drawn up very carefully and snugly. The way of tyin~

the knot in hand is given among the DOUBLE Loop KNOTS (fif 1072).

1849. This ANCHOR HITCH, based on the PORTUGUESE BOWLINE, is

1848 tied with a single pass.

1850. Another hitch with a double bearing that requires only a

single pass.

1851. The BACKHANDED HITCH. There are several hitches bearing

this name. This one requires only a single pass through the ring but

it must be seized or stopped, otherwise it tends to capsize.

1852. A BACKHANDED HITCH that does not require stopping.

1853. A BACKHANDED HITCH AND BOWLINE. A good single-pass

hitch, with a double bearing. Tuck a bight u through the ring and

then draw the end through the bight and ad the BOWLINE.

1854. The AWNING KNOT is an incomplete MIDSHIPMAN'S HITCH.

'8S0 18S'1 Make a loop through the ring. Pull the rope taut and take a round

turn inside the loop and jam the second turn hard inside the first.

I have seen this used on shipboard in roping off the passengers who

had surrendered their tickets before the ship was docked. It is also

used on awnings, as its name indicates, and as a temporary tent

STAKE HITCH. The hitch is spilled by jerking or jarring the rope.

1855. The MIDSHIPMAN'S HITCH is the same as the last knot with

the end half hitched or else dogged and seized. This is an exception-
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ally practical knot much used about ship. Properly tied, it does not

1854 slip or jam.

1856. The ROLLING HITCH may be used on a ring by reeving the

end of the rope through the ring and then bending the hitch to its

own standing part. The advantage of this over the last knot is that it

is easily adjustable. It may be slid by hand either to lengthen or

shorten the rope but, left alone, it stays where it is.

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