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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