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INDEX

oval mat 240–1 fisherman’s bend and bowline 47 softening hemp rope 16–17 spar hitch 43
plafond knot 216–17 fisherman’s knot 25, 100, 148 Heracles knot 13, 156 stopped half hitch 57
prolong knot 238 double fisherman’s knot 101, 274 Heraklas 38, 169 strangle hitch 38
sailor’s true lover mat 238–9 triple fisherman’s knot 101, 274 Hercules, knot of 13, 156 strangle knot 42
star knot 208–9 fishermen, cod 43 high-modulus rope 99, 274 studding sail bend 52–3
three-strand plait sinnet 224–5 flakes lashings 172 stunner hitch 70
turk’s head 238 figure-eight flake 192 splicing 274–7 timber hitch 15, 56, 58
turk’s head 3L x 4B – in the French flake 192 whipping 246, 249, 251, 274 topsail halyard bend 52, 54, 274
round 230–1 long flake 192 hitches 26–75 transom hitch 50
turk’s head 3L x 5B – in the flat flax 20 bale sling hitch 49 trucker’s hitch 74–5
234–5 Flemish down 192 bill hitch 70 tugboat hitch 62
turk’s head 4L x 3B – in the Flemish flake 192, 194 blackwall hitch 70 wagoner’s hitch 74–5
round 232–3 Flemish knot 150 bubble knot 73 honda knot 120, 121, 122
turk’s head 5L x 4B – in the flat Flemish loop 110 camel hitch 36 hook hitches 70
236–7 footrope knot 203, 206–7 cinch knot 74 horns 18
two-strand plait sinnet 226–7 Fortrel 21 cleat hitch 25, 66–7 horse dealer’s hitch 55
wall knot 15, 198, 200 frapping turns 174 cleat hitch on a bollard cleat 68 hot knives 17, 19
dental floss 253 frayed rope, preventing 246–53, cleat hitch on a pin 69 Hunter, Dr Edward 85
Deuteronomy 14 262–3, 274 clinging clara hitch 60
diagonal lashing 15, 175 French coil 194 clove hitch 24, 25, 28, 32–3, 38, I
alternative to 178 French flake 192 43, 62, 112 ichabod knot 132, 134, 137, 138
diamond knot 202–3, 204, 206 French whipping 250 clove hitch tied in the bight 32, IGKT (International Guild of Knot
double diamond knot 204–5 34 Tyers) 55
Diderot, Denis, Encyclopedie 56 G constrictor knot 17, 38–9, 65, 246 Incas 12
dipping rope 246 gaff topsail halyard bend 52, 53 constrictor knot tied in the bight Indian jug handle 169
doormats 234, 236 ganging lines 43 41 innomiknot 31
ocean braid mat 238–9 gasket coil 188 constrictor knot with loop 39 International Guild of Knot Tyers
oval mat 240–1 gibbet knot 134, 137, 138 cow hitch 49, 122, 274 (IGKT) 15, 55
doughnut 242–3 good luck knot 220–1, 222 definition of 22 Izzo, Poldo 165
driftnets 44 Gordian knot 14 double blackwall hitch 70, 71
drying rope 17 Gordias, King of Phrygia 14 double cat’s paw 72
Dyneema 21, 78, 274 granny knot 156 double constrictor knot 40 J
bowlines and 112 great queen clara hitch 60, 61 double trucker’s hitch 75 jamming bend 95
knots for 99, 101 Greeks, ancient 12, 13, 156, 169 exploding clove hitch 23, 33 Japan, knot-tying in 218
preventing fraying 246 grommet splice 268–9 fisherman’s bend 46, 47 Japanese lashing 179
Dyneema loop 278–9 ground-line hitch 43 fisherman’s bend and bowline 47 Japanese loop 218
Dyneema reduction splice 274–5 Grylls, Bear 164 gaff topsail halyard bend 52, 53 Jewish Bible 14
Dyneema soft shackle 280–1 great queen clara hitch 60, 61 jury mast knot 180–1
gunner’s knot 40
Dyneema splice 276–7 ground-line hitch 43
Guthrie, Woody, Hangknot, half hitch 148
Slipknot 138 K
E hook hitch 70 Kevlar 21
East India Company 70 horse dealer’s hitch 55 killick hitch 58, 198
Egyptians, Ancient 12, 156 H innomiknot 31 killicks 58
elbows 22 hackamore knot 169 killick hitch 58, 198 kinbaku 218
electrical tape 253 half hitch 148 knute hitch 51 king of knots 112
Enkalon 21 halyards lifting hitch 59 knives 18
eskimo bowline 127 halyard coil 186, 187 lighterman’s hitch 62–3, 64 hot knives 17, 19
exploding knots 22–3 type of rope for 21 Magner’s hitch 37 Knot Matters 15
exploding clove hitch 33 hammocks, stowing 182 Magnus hitch 37 knot-tying, history of 12–15
eye splices handcuff knot 144, 145 marling hitch 15 knots
hard eye splice 264–5 hangman’s knot 138–9, 158 marlinspike hitch 15, 48, 70 Ashley’s stopper knot 15, 24,
multiplait eye splice 270–1 hangman’s noose 122 midshipman’s hitch 15 152–3,
soft eye splice 265 hard eye splice 264–5 mooring hitch 65 210
harness loop 122, 126
ossel hitch 44 bell-ringer’s knot 122
double harness loop 123 ossel knot 45
F hawser bends 98 pile hitch 64 cinquefoil 155
fids 18–19 hawser-laid rope 20 queen clara hitch 60 definition of 22, 100
figure-eight bend 78, 79 heaving line bend 103 ring hitch 49 double blackwall knot 15
figure-eight flake 192 alternatives to 94 rolling hitch 25, 37, 118 double fisherman’s knot 274
figure-eight knot 24, 87, 148, 150, heaving line knots 15, 158 round turn and buntline hitch 30 double overhand knot 149
152 Martha’s Vineyard heaving line round turn and two half hitches figure-eight knot 15, 24, 87, 148,
slipped figure-eight knot 150 knot 159 24, 28–9, 46, 62, 148 150, 152
figure-eight lashing 177 monkey’s fist 160–1 seized round turn and two half Flemish knot 150
figure-eight loop 74, 110, 111, 274 monkey’s paw 161 hitches 29 granny knot 156
Filipino lashing 178 heaving lines, type of rope for 21 slipped cleat hitch 67 hackamore 169
fisherman’s bend 46, 47 hemp 20 slipped clove hitch 32, 33 heaving line knot 15, 158
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