Useful Knowledge For Used Boat, New Boat, Or Boating. Knots Volume 1
Different types of knots, tight interlacing of two ropes. A knot is also a unit of speed in aviation and marine navigation equal to one nautical mile per hour.
Halyard knot- interlacing of ropes used to attach the halyard to a sail.
Reef knot- interlacing of ropes made of two half-knots inverse to each other.
Bowline- interlacing of ropes with a loop that can be used as support.
Two round turns and a half-hitch- interlacing of ropes around an object by making two turns, then a hal-knot.
Two half-hitches- interlacing of ropes around an object by making two half-knots, one after the other.
Double shell bend- double interlacing of ropes, used to attach two ropes together.
Sheet knot- interlacing of ropes used to attach two ropes together.
Figure of eight knot- interlacing of ropes used to finish the end of a rope.
