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figure 3
Backwall hitch: a simple, quick and efficient method for attaching the tail
of a rope to a hook. It relies upon a constant strain being maintained, but
it will slip unless the knot is held in position while the strain is taken up
(figure 3).
Bare end see bitter end.
Bargee’s eye splice: perhaps this is the simplest of splices, providing a
rough and ready yet quite effective eye (figure 4.1), with the end of the
rope tucked once through a single strand of the standing part (figure 4.2).
Barrel knot see blood knot.
Becket bend see sheet bend.
Belaying: the method by which ropes are made fast on board ship and
from ship to shore, by winding the rope under load in a figure-of-eight
