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queen clara hitch 60 flat seizing 254 square knot 13, 156 turk’s head ‘clump’ mat 234
quipus 12 racking seizing 255 square lashing 15, 174 Tutankhamun 12
temporary seizing 38 alternative to 179 twine, whipping 19
R serving 251 square-riggers 30, 52, 69, 180, tzitzit 14
racking bend 102 served rings 242–3 224, 230
racking seizing 255 shackles standing end 22 U
reef knot 13, 25, 38, 91, 156, 246 Dyneema soft shackles 280–1 standing part 22 US Cavalry 43
reeving line bend 98–9 eye splices 264–5 star knot 208–9 US Navy 86, 87
double reeving line bend 99 lashings as substitutes for 177 Steel, David, The Elements
religion and knots 14 shamisen, Japanese three-stringed and Practice of Rigging and V
Repolusthöhle 12 103 Seamanship 56 versatackle 166–7
rescue lines, type of rope for 21 shear lashing 176 stevedore knot 151 vice versa 60
rigger’s bend 84, 86 sheepshanks 74, 148 stopped half hitch 57 Vikings 172
rigger’s knives 18 in the bight 162 stopper, single 94, 104
ring hitch 49 sheepshank with clove hitch 163 stopper knots 79, 198, 203
rings, served 242–3 tied with ends 163 Ashley’s stopper 152–3 W
rolling hitch 25, 37, 118 variations of 164 cinquefoil 155 wagoner’s hitch 74–5
Romans 12, 13, 156 sheet bends 25, 78, 80, 105, 113, double wall knot 201 Walker, Matthew 152, 210
rope 274 figure-eight knot 150, 152 wall knot 15, 198, 200
adhesive shrink tubing 246 alternatives to 92 oysterman’s stopper 152 double wall knot 201
braided 21, 249 double sheet bend 78, 81 quatrefoil 154 washing rope 17
cable-laid 20 triple sheet bend 81 stevedore knot 151 weave 21
cheesing 194–5 shroud-laid rope 20 stoppings 17, 38, 251 West country whipping 253
coiling 16, 184–95 simple simon 60, 78, 92 strands 20 whaling ships 12–13
cutting 17 double simple simon 93 strangle knot 38, 42, 148, 169, 246 Wharram, James 172
dipping 246 sinnet studding sail bend 52–3 whipping twine 19
drying 17 crown sinnet 228–9 studding sails 52 whippings 15, 17, 19, 38, 244–53
fraying 246 three-strand plait sinnet 224–5 stunner hitch 70 butane whipping 246, 251, 274
grommets 268–9 two-strand plait sinnet 226–7 superstition and knots 14 crown whipping 252
hawser-laid 20 sisal 20 surgeon’s knot 91 French whipping 250
hemp 16–17 slackline bend 94 Swedish fid 19 high-modulus rope 249
joining 76–107 slings 72 symbolism of knots 13–14 non-traditional whipping 253
natural 20 slip and nip loop 136 synthetic rope 21 palm and needle whipping 246,
rope care 16 slipped knots 22 cutting 19 249, 250
shroud-laid 20 slungshots 160 washing 17 plain whipping 246–7
softening 16–17 Smith, Captain Charles W 206 see also high-modulus rope; sailor’s whipping 246, 248
types of 20–1 Smith, Captain John, A Seaman’s modern rope West country whipping 253
washing 17 Grammar & Dictionary 112 wind-knots 14
weave 21 Smyth, Admiral 28 T working end 22
see also high-modulus rope; soft eye splice 265 tackles, rope 166 wrapped coil 190, 193
modern rope; seizing; whipping soft shackles 172, 274 taking a turn 23 wrapping turns 174
Rosendahl, Charles 87 Dyneema soft shackles 280–1 tapering splices 267
round turn 23 Spanish hawser bend 78, 90 Tergal 21 Y
round turn and buntline hitch 30 spar hitch 43 terminology 22–3 yardarm knot 164
round turn and two half hitches Spectra 21, 78, 274 Terylene 21 yarns 20
24, 28–9, 46, 62, 148 bowlines and 112 thief knot 156
Royal Aircraft Establishment 85 knots for 99, 101 tightening knots 17
Royal Navy 12, 70 preventing fraying 246 timber hitch 15, 56 Z
running hitches, alternatives to 52 Spectra splice 276–7 variations of 58 zeppelin bend 25, 86, 87, 148
running rigging, type of rope for splices and splicing 15, 98, 256–81 tom fool’s knot 144, 180 variations of 84
21 back splice 198, 246, 262–3 tools 18–19
definition of 22 topsail halyard bend 52, 54, 274
Dyneema loop 278–9
S Dyneema reduction splice 274–5 Toss, Brian 51
sailors, and knot-tying 12 Dyneema splice 276–7 transom hitch 50
sailor’s true lover mat 238–9 grommets 268–9 trucker’s hitch 74–5
sailor’s whipping 247, 248 hard eye splice 264–5 double trucker’s hitch 75
samson posts 62, 66 long splice 260–1 tugboat hitch 62
sansome bend 105 multiplait chain splice 272–3 turk’s head 15, 198, 238
Savoy, House of 151 multiplait eyesplice 270–1 turk’s head 3L x 4B – in the round
scaffold knot 138, 140 short splice 258 230–1
sealing rope ends 17 soft eye splice 265 turk’s head 3L x 5B – in the flat
seine netters 44, 45 Spectra splice 276–7 234–5
seized round turn and two tapering 267 turk’s head 4L x 3B – in the round
half hitches 29 tools 18 232–3
seizings 251, 254–5 traditional chain splice 266–7 turk’s head 5L x 4B – in the flat
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