Page 36 - Eric C. Fry - Knots and Ropework

18 This is simply a clove hitch with two (or more) initial turns instead
of one, laid back towards the standing part and over its own
Rolling initial turn(s}, thus jamming it, Figs 1 to 4. In the illustrations the
tail end has been deliberately kept short to clearly show the lay of
these initial turns, particularly in Fig 4, but in practice a longer ta il
Hitch end wou ld be employed and indeed would be essential to
complete the knot as may be seen in Fig 6.
As with the clove hitch this knot should be finished off with at
least one half-hitch. It wil l withstand being hauled at right angles
to its turns without sliding along the object to which it is tied,
however smooth that object may be, provided it is hauled against
the initial two or more turns. In Fig 6, it will only hold if hauled to
the right.
When a rope or wire is hauled tight over a winch drum or capstan
it is necessary to temporarily secure it whilst the end is removed
from the drum and made fast permanently to bollards or the like.
A short length of rope or light chain, called a stopper is used, one
end being made fast to a deck fitting or even around the bollard
itself and the other end made fast to the rope or wire in question.
The wire is then slackened back until the load is taken by the
stopper. when the wire is said to be stoppered off. A rolling hitch
would be used to make the stopper fast. in such a case. whilst
other uses of course depend on circumstances.