Page 31 - Pocket guide to knots & splices

Pocket Guide to Knots & Splices

Above Left: Parts of a rope: 1 working end; 2

working part; 3 standing part; 4 standing end;
5 a crossing turn; 6 bight.

Above: Illustration of a turn (left) and round
turn.

Left: The reef knot and (below) collapsed reet
knot.

Below: The ends of the ropes are well
defined in this photograph of a finished fisher¬
man's knot (see page 116).

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