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CONTENTS

Foreword to the 2nd Edition 4
Glossary 5

1 Basic knots 8
2 Bends 10
3 Loops 17
4 Hitches and similar knots 26
5 Belaying or cleating 37
6 Whipping 38
7 Seizing 40
8 End or stopper knots 43
9 Turk’s Head 46
10 To weight a heaving line 48
11 A selection of useful knots 49
12 Splicing 58

Index 64