Knots in Use
1st Edition
Published on 24. October 2013
96 pages
978-1-4729-0546-8 (ISBN)
Description
Knots in Use is a bestseller amongst knotting books. Bite-sized and accessible, it covers all the most useful and practical knots, bends, hitches, whippings and splices used everyday by anyone going to sea - a unique benefit.
It shows at a glance both how to tie the knot, bend or hitch, and how to use it most effectively. As an added feature this new edition now includes QR codes that link to explanatory videos - a real boon for novices and experts alike. Colin Jarman's straightforward text and excellent colour photographs coupled with online video demonstrations make this a very user-friendly book - ideal for skippers, crew and the many evening class students who have relied on it over the years.
Knots in Use is the must-have guide for anyone going to sea.
'A bestseller among knotting books' Kelvin Hughes
It shows at a glance both how to tie the knot, bend or hitch, and how to use it most effectively. As an added feature this new edition now includes QR codes that link to explanatory videos - a real boon for novices and experts alike. Colin Jarman's straightforward text and excellent colour photographs coupled with online video demonstrations make this a very user-friendly book - ideal for skippers, crew and the many evening class students who have relied on it over the years.
Knots in Use is the must-have guide for anyone going to sea.
'A bestseller among knotting books' Kelvin Hughes
More details
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Colour photographs and diagrams
ISBN-13
978-1-4729-0546-8 (9781472905468)
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Colin Jarman
Knots in Use
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10/2013
4th Edition
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Person
Colin Jarman has been a professional marine photojournalist for over 40 years and an avid sailor for well over 50 years. Although a small boat sailor at heart, he qualified for and joined the Ocean Cruising Club in 1974 and today edits their quarterly Newsletter. Colin's interest in knots and ropework began when he started sailing and has resulted in a number of best-selling books on the subject. Colin sails his 21ft bilge keeled cruiser in the shallow, infinitely varied waters of England's East Coast and Thames Estuary where he loves to explore small creeks and remote anchorages.
Content
- Cover
- Copyright
- Contents
- About ropes
- Some rope terms explained
- 1 KNOTS, BENDS AND HITCHES
- 01 Reef Knot
- 02 Slipped Reef Knot
- 03 Figure of Eight
- 04 Bowline
- 05 Round Turn and Two Half Hitches
- 06 Fisherman's or Anchor Bend
- 07 Clove Hitch
- 08 Lighterman's Hitch
- 09 Sheet Bend or Becket Bend
- 10 Double Sheet or Becket Bend
- 11 Rolling Hitch on a Rope
- 12 Rolling Hitch Around a Spar
- 13 Figure of Eight Loop
- 14 Constrictor Knot
- 15 Surgeon's Knot
- 16 Carrick Bend
- 17 Sheepshank
- 18 Waggoner's or Trucker's Hitch
- 19 Marling Hitch
- 20 Buntline Fisherman's Bend
- 21 Spar Hitch
- 22 Sliding Figures of Eight
- 23 Stopper
- 24 Bowline on the Bight
- 25 Spanish Bowline
- 26 Jury or Masthead Knot
- 27 Hunter's Bend
- Coiling Hitches
- 28 Halyard Coil
- 29 Half Hitch Coil for Stowage
- 30 Buntline or Gasket Coil
- 2 WHIPPINGS
- 01 Common Whipping
- 02 West Country Whipping
- 03 Needle and Palm Whipping
- 04 Sailmaker's Whipping
- 05 Alternatives to Whipping
- 3 SPLICING
- 01 Short Splice
- 02 Long Splice
- 03 Three Strand Eye Splice
- 04 Multiplait Eye Splice
- 05 Stitch and Whip Eye in Plaited Rope
- 06 Laid Core Eye Splice
- 07 Braid on Braid Eye Splice
- 08 Flemish Wire Eye Splice
- 09 Multiplait to Chain Splice
- How to use the QR Codes in this book
- Index
