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FOREWORD TO THE 2ND EDITION

Knots & Splices has been in print for over 50 years,
which must stand as quite a record for a book of
this type. A copy was given to me as a Christmas
present around 1957 and it sparked an interest
in knots and rope work that has lasted to this day.
The knots and splices I learned from Cyrus Day
have stood me in good stead over a lifetime of
boating, and it was with huge excitement that I took
on the project of updating this book for the 21st
century. I hope that he would have approved of
what I’ve done to his book; I hope it will inspire
others as his did me and that it will continue in
print for another 50 years!
Colin Jarman

DEDICATION
To Cyrus L Day who awoke my interest in knots
and ropework.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The author would like to thank Bainbridge
International for supplying Robline Rope to
use in the photographs.

NOTE
All ropes’ ends shown in this book are finished with
tape rather than a whipping in order to make them
clearly visible within the pictures and help readers
to follow the pattern of the knots.