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| 5 "Loop Knots" Bowline's |
| 4 "Joining Knots" Better known as Bends, although the first two are called "knots" They do join two lines together, there'fore they are in fact "Bends" |
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| A "Shortening knot". the Sheepshank, Used mainly on older type lifeboats as Keel Grab lines, the Sheepshank is put in the rope as a temporary knot to shorten the line |
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| 2 "Mat" Knots |
| Ok Once you have your knots made, It's time to mount them on the board, But don't get too ambitious, Don't over crowd the board, Some times a well spaced out design works just as well: (Fig's 1,2 & 3) |
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| 02/04/2001 |
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| Fig 1 |
| Fig 2 |
| Welcome to my knot page. Below is just a brief reminder of what the basic knots used on my knotboards look like |
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| Fig 3 |
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| Cajun Music YEEEHAH |
| how to tie a bosun's chair hitch |