Course Topics
- Introduction
- Security
- Slipping
- Capsizing
- Sliding
- Releasability
- Components
- Knot categories
- Sailing Knots
- Bowline Knot
- Spanish Bowline knot
- French Bowline Knot
- Running Bowline knot
- Double Bowline Knot
- Figure 8 Knot
- Square (Reef) Knot
- Overhand Knot
- Double Overhand Knot
- Stevedore Knot
- Scaffold Knot
- Diamond (Lanyard) Knot
- Thief Knot
- Blood Knot
- Handcuff Knot
- Sheepshank Knot
- Poacher’s Knot
- Non-Slip (Kreh) Loop Knot
- Clinch Knot
- Butterfly Knot
- Hangman’s Knot (Noose)
- Cat’s Paw Knot
- Water Knot
- Butcher’s Knot
- Half Knot
- Granny Knot
- Surgeon’s Knot
- Bobber Stop Knot
- Prusik Knot
- Bachmann Knot
- Fisherman’s Knot
- Double Fisherman’s Knot
- Hitches
- Clove Hitch
- Round Turn and Two Half Hitches
- Cleat Hitch
- Rolling Hitch
- Anchor Hitch
- Half Hitch
- Buntline Hitch
- Highwayman’s Hitch
- Barrel Hitch
- Mooring Hitch
- Marlinspike Hitch
- Timber Hitch
- Two half hitches
- Distel Hitch
- Girth Hitch
- Munter Hitch
- Midshipman’s Hitch
- Taut Line Hitch
- Cow Hitch
- Tensionless Hitch
- Trucker’s Hitch
- Bends
- Figure 8 Bend
- Zeppelin Bend
- Sheet Bend
- Double Sheet Bend
- Carrick Bend
Introduction
Introduction
A knot is an intentional complication in cordage which may be useful or decorative. Practical knots may be classified as hitches, bends, splices, or knots. A hitch fastens a rope to another object; a bend unites two rope ends; a splice is a multi-strand bend or loop. A knot in the strictest sense serves as a stopper or knob at the end of a rope to keep that end from slipping through a grommet or eye.
Knot tying skills are often transmitted by sailors, scouts, climbers, rescue professionals, fishermen,and linemen. The International Guild of Knot Tyers is an organization dedicated to the promotion of knot tying.
