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Boating Knots: Bends

carrick bend. This knot has been known and often used
by mariners for at least a thousand years. It appeared
in print for the first time in a book of nautical terms,
Vocabulaire des Termes de Marine, published in France
in 1783. Mistakenly considered by many a strong knot,
this bend actually reduces the strength of the lines by 30
percent or more.

Carrick Be XXnd: Step 3 Carrick Ben
XXd: Step 4

XXXring the second working end Tighten the knot slowly by pull-
B
XXX
around the back of the standing ing on both standing parts. As
part of the first line, then over the knot tightens, it will form
the first working end. Then bring the shape shown in the final,
it behind the first loop but over upper photograph. The working
its own standing part where it ends on the opposite sides of
crosses under the first loop, as the knot create a stronger union
shown in the photograph. than when the ends emerge on
the same side of the knot.

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