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THE ASHLEY BOOK OF KNOTS
1998. For a heavy lift from a stay, a pendant is secured to the top-
mast head, having first been led through a thimble or bull's-eye in
the end of a lashing. The lashing is passed four or five times around
the stay and pendant. The end, having been brought forward from
behind the pendant, is clove hitched around the stay.
1999. For a light lift, a tail block is made fast to the stay with a
ROLLING HITCH.
2000. The ROBAND HITCH ('If: 1 270) is given by Lieutenant Emery
H. Taunt, in The Young Sailor's Assistant (Washington, 1883), as a
means of boating an anchor, which is far from its original purpose
of bending sail. The end of the rope is tucked similarly to the Top-
SAIL HALYARD BEND. I have found the knot useful in securing a
lantern to the end of a boat boom. It might also serve to support the
arm of a makeshift derrick. To tie: Lead the end downward and
put a CLOVE HITCH around the spar, then reeve two turns around
both spar and ring (or becket) within the CLOVE HITCH. Tie a
SINGLE HITCH around the standing part and tuck under the turns as
pictured.
2001. A SLIPPED HITCH to a boat thwart is a good method for
securing the halyards in a sailing skiff or dinghy when the craft is not
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fitted with cleats.
2002. Ohrvall shows a somewhat similar knot for the same purpose.
2003. To secure a Ian ard to a tool handle: Bore a hole slightly
larger than the size of t e lanyard for two or three inches into the
end of the handle and countersink the hole slightly to save chafe
on the lanyard. Then bore a larger intercepting hole from the side.
Reeve the lanyard in at the end and out at the side hole, tie a
FIGURE-EIGHT KNOT or OYSTERMAN'S STOPPER in the end and with-
draw it into the handle. Fill the hole with plastic wood and, when
dry, sandpaper and varnish it.
2004. Another method is to bore a somewhat larger hole three
2,,001 or four inches into the end of the handle. Tie a large knot in the
2.00 end of the cord. Make a peg that fills the hole tightly, groove one
side of the peg to receive the cord. Insert the knot, lay the cord
into the groove, swab the peg with glue and drive it home. When
dry, trim the end of the peg.
2005. The SHORT END BEND. Although this knot has already been
shown among the bends, its specialty differentiates it from all other
bends. It can be tied to a fixed end that is far shorter than can be
tied to by any other method that I know.
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