The Knot Pack
Learn to Tie the Most Commonly Used Knots
Published on 1. November 2022
Book
Mixed media product
64 pages
978-1-912621-45-3 (ISBN)
Description
All you need to help you learn the important knots, and a perfect gift for the keen sailor or outdoor adventurer.
The pack contains 3 one-metre lengths of coloured rope (the colours may vary) together with the beautifully illustrated 64-page Knots & Splices book.
The book features the ten knots everyone should know, plus 16 other knots and 7 splices and whippings. It illustrates clearly how to tie each knot using sequential diagrams and a step-by-step approach. The use and benefits of each knot is described and the times when special care is needed highlighted.
Combined with the practice ropes, this is an ideal way to learn how to tie knots which will serve a lifetime's sailing or adventuring.
The pack contains 3 one-metre lengths of coloured rope (the colours may vary) together with the beautifully illustrated 64-page Knots & Splices book.
The book features the ten knots everyone should know, plus 16 other knots and 7 splices and whippings. It illustrates clearly how to tie each knot using sequential diagrams and a step-by-step approach. The use and benefits of each knot is described and the times when special care is needed highlighted.
Combined with the practice ropes, this is an ideal way to learn how to tie knots which will serve a lifetime's sailing or adventuring.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Leamington Spa
United Kingdom
Illustrations
212 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 195 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-912621-45-3 (9781912621453)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Tim Davison is a highly experienced sailor, who spends much of his time racing dinghies and cruising the Mediterranean. Steve Judkins is a member of the International Guild of Knot Tyers. He is a professional sailing instructor and was formerly in the Royal Navy, serving on HMY Britannia.
Content
Terms; Tools of the trade; Choosing a rope; TEN KNOTS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW: Round turn & two half hitches, Clove hitch, Figure of eight, Reef knot, Bowline, Bowline on a bight, Sheet bend, Double sheet bend, Fisherman's bend / Anchor hitch, Rolling hitch; OTHER USEFUL KNOTS: Carrick bend, Sheepshank, Constrictor knot, Buntline hitch, Surgeon's knot, Alpine butterfly bend, Fisherman's knot / Englishman's knot, Cow hitch, Cow hitch round turn & Prusik knot, Timber hitch, Marlinespike hitch, Man harness knot / Artillery loop, Trucker's hitch / Dolly knot, Marling hitches, Coiling a rope, Turk's head; SPLICES & WHIPPING: Eye splice, Short splice, Eye in braid-on-braid rope, Eye in braid-on 3-strand rope, Common whipping, Sailmaker's whipping, Heat sealing the end of a synthetic rope