This Website has been converted to a program which will run on your computer with no internet connection. The Download and the disk are both faster, and more convenient; both make an excellent training tool and the ideal gift for: Yachtsmen; Climbers; Fishermen; Scouts; Arborists; and Search & Rescue Workers. Each section indexed at the top is devoted to the knots usually needed in that environment.
Boating: The Boating Knots are listed roughly in their order of importance, in our opinion anyway. Which ones are vital? We would love it if every person we took sailing knew how to tie a mooring line using a round turn and two half hitches. They often don't! Certainly many successful and safe sailors know little about the knots further down the list (with the regrettable exception of the clove hitch which still sees far too much use).
Climbing: Similarly with climbing. For beginners it would be a
start if a student knew at least the figure eight and its derivatives. However,
serious climbers would add the munter, the double overhand stopper, the double
fisherman's, the alpine butterfly, the Prusik, and the Klemheist.
In both the Boating and the Climbing sections, the first ten knots would seem to be worth learning: they serve different functions; none of them should jam; and none should be too awkward to untie - at least when the load is off.
The Fishing Knots are just listed in alphabetical order. The knots selected for the Scouting Section were determined after consulting Scouting authorities in the US and the U. The selection in the Search and Rescue section was suggested by Greg Felton. The remaining sections were prompted by frequent requests about tying neck-ties and shoelaces, tying loads on trailers, hanging children's swings, making decorative knots, and enquiries about how to coil ropes and whip their ends.
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