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Heracles knot 13, 156 turk’s head 3L x 4B – in the eskimo bowline 127 seized round turn and two half
Indian jug handle 169 round 230–1 fast bowline 114 hitches 29
knot of Hercules 13, 156 turk’s head 3L x 5B – flat 234–5 figure-eight loop 74, 110, 111, 274 whipping 246, 249, 251, 274
knots named after people 15, turk’s head 4L x 3B – in the Flemish loop 110 monkey chain 224
152–3, 210 round 232–3 gibbet knot 134, 137, 138 monkey’s fist 15, 158, 160–1, 198
love knot 156 turk’s head 5L x 4B – in the flat handcuff knot 144, 145 monkey’s paw 161
manrope knot 15 236–7 hangman’s knot 138–9, 158 moonshiner’s knot 169
Martha’s Vineyard heaving line two-strand plait sinnet 226–7 hangman’s noose 122 mooring hitch 65
knot 159 wall knot 15, 198, 200 harness loop 122, 126 mooring lines, joining 88
monkey’s fist 15, 158, 160–1, 198 knute hitch 51 honda knot 120, 121, 122 multiplait chain splice 272–3
monkey’s paw 161 Kon-Tiki 172 ichabod knot 132, 134, 137, 138 multiplait eyesplice 270–1
moonshiner’s 169 Koran 14 interlocked bowlines 98 mystic knot 222–3
new knots 55, 60, 64, 73, 92 Japanese loop 218 myths and legends 14
number in existence 15, 64 L lineman’s rider 126
overhand knot 148 lanyard knot 214–15 locking loop 135 N
oysterman’s stopper 15, 152 lanyards 198, 208, 214 Matthew Walker loop 213 natural rope 20
Poldo tackle 165, 210 braided loop 128–9 midshipman’s loop 118 nippers 177
Prusik bottle sling 168 carrick bend 88 overhand loop 110 Nootka tribes 12
quatrefoil 154 knots for 49, 51 peace knots 125 ‘number records’ (Inca) 12
reef knot 13, 25, 38, 91, 156, 246 Lapland 83 plafond knot 216–17 nylon 21
sheepshank 148 lapp knot 83 running bowline 132
sheepshank in the bight 162 lashings 170–83, 274 scaffold knot 138, 140
sheepshank tied with ends 163 seized bowline 115 O
chain stitch lashing 183
sheepshank with clove hitch 163 slip and nip loop 136 ocean braid mat 240–1
diagonal lashing 15, 175, 178
slipped figure-eight knot 150 Spanish bowline 117, 141 ocean plait mat 17
slipped overhand knot 149 figure-eight lashing 177 tom fool’s knot 144 Oribasius 12
Filipino lashing 178
square knot 156 Japanese lashing 179 tucked bowlines 115 ossel hitch 44
stevedore knot 151 jury mast knot 180–1 water bowline 116 ossel knot 45
stopper knot 79, 198 marline hitches 182 love knot 13, 156 ossels 44
strangle knot 148, 169, 246 masthead knot 180–1 Luce, Admiral Stephen 28 Ötzi the Iceman 78
symbolism of knots 13, 156, 217 pole hitch 172–3 oval mat 238–9
thief knot 156 shear lashing 176 M overhand bend 78, 79
top ten knots 24–5 square lashing 15, 174, 179 macrame 198, 224 overhand knots 148
triple fisherman’s knot 274 tightening 174 magical properties of knots 14 double overhand knot 149
versatackle 166–7 lassos 120, 121, 132 Magner’s hitch 37 slipped overhand knot 149
yardarm knot 164 leads 230, 232, 233, 236 Magnus hitch 37 overhand loop 110
knots, decorative 196–243 Leonardo da Vinci 230 manila 20 oysterman’s stopper 15, 152
braided loops 128 Lever, Darcy, The Sheet Anchor manrope knot 15, 200
Chinese crown loop 219 201, 230 marline hitches 182 P
Chinese lanyard knot 216–17 lifting hitch 59 marling hitch 15 Pacific 172, 224
crown knot 198–9, 200, 228 lighterman’s hitch 62–3, 64 marlinspike hitch 15, 48, 70 palm 19
crown sinnet 228–9 lineman’s loop 82 marlinspikes 18, 19, 48 palm and needle whipping 246,
diamond knot 202–3, 204, 206 lineman’s rider 126 Martha’s Vineyard heaving line 249, 250
double diamond knot 204–5 lines 23 knot 159 peace knot 125
double Matthew Walker knot 212 locking loop 135 masthead knot 180–1 pile hitch 64
double wall knot 201 London Boat Show (1986) 61 mats plafond knot 216–17
doughnut 242–3 long-nosed pliers 19 doormats 234, 236 plaited ropes 21
footrope knot 203, 206–7 longships 172 ocean braid mat 238–9 pliers, long-nosed 19
good luck knot 220–1, 222 loops 22, 108–45 oval mat 240–1 Poldo tackle 165, 210
Japanese loop 218 adjustable loop 137 rope mats 198 pole hitch 172–3
lanyard knot 214–15 angler’s loop 119, 148 sailor’s true lover mat 238–9 Polyamide 21
manrope knot 200 artillery loop 122 Matthew Walker knot 15, 152, polyester 21
Matthew Walker knot 15, 152, bowline 24, 62, 74, 112–13, 274 210–11 polyethylene 21
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Matthew Walker loop 213 bowline in the bight 117 double Matthew Walker knot 212 polypropylene 21
braided interlocking loops 128,
Practical Boat Owner 73
Matthew Walker loop 213
mystic knot 222–3 130–1 merchant navy 12 prolong knot 238
ocean braid mat 238–9 braided loop 106, 128–9 metaphors, knots and 13–14 Prusik, Dr Karl 168
ocean plait knot 17 broach loop 124 midshipman’s hitch 15 Prusik bottle sling 168
oval mat 240–1 butterfly loop 126 midshipman’s loop 118 Prusik knot 168
plafond knot 216–17 carrick loop 121 modern rope 99 purchase 166
prolong knot 238 Chinese crown loop 219 and bowlines 116
rope to use 20 Chinese lanyard knot 216–17 coiling 186
sailor’s true lover mat 238–9 double angler’s loop 143 decorative mats 241 Q
star knot 208–9 double harness loop 123 knots for 124 Qing Dynasty 217
three-strand plait sinnet 224–5 Dyneema loop 278–9 lashings 172 quatrefoil 154
turk’s head 15, 238
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