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Gripping Sailor's Hitch
The gripping sailor's hitch is a secure, jam-proof List of friction hitch knots, friction hitch used to tie one rope to another, or a rope to a pole, boom, spar, etc., when the pull is lengthwise along the object. It will even grip a tapered object, such as a marlin spike, in the direction of taper, similar to the Icicle hitch, and it is much superior to the rolling hitch for that purpose. Tying Image:bobmcgrsailorgrip1.jpg, Make 5 turns around the object at opposite side of to the pull direction of the standing part, then cross the standing part to the pull direction and make one more turn Image:bobmcgrsailorgrip2.jpg, Cross back over the standing part in front, as you change the turn direction to opposite the wraps, come through from the back, and pass under the standing part (following the pen in pic). Image:bobmcgrsailorgrip3.jpg, Tighten up before loading... Image:bobmcgrsailorgrip4.jpg, When pulled to the side opposite the 5 turns, this hitch will hold... See also *L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolling Hitch
The rolling hitch is a knot (see also Magnus hitch) used to attach a rope to a rod, pole, or another rope. A simple friction hitch, it is used for lengthwise pull along an object rather than at right angles. The rolling hitch is designed to resist lengthwise movement for only a single direction of pull.Clifford W. Ashley, ''The Ashley Book of Knots'' (New York: Doubleday, 1944), 292. A common usage while sailing is for rigging a Stopper knot#Nautical usage, stopper to relax the tension on a sheet (sailing), sheet so that a jammed winch or Block (sailing), block can be cleared. Naming At the turn of the 19th century the knot now known as the "rolling hitch" was called the "Magnus hitch" or "Magner's hitch", and the name "rolling hitch" referred to Round turn and two half-hitches, two round turns and two half-hitches. In 1841 Richard Henry Dana, Jr. used the present-day names in his work ''The Seaman's Friend'', and subsequent authors have continued to use this terminology.Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
