Gripping sailor's hitch

Type of knot
Gripping sailor's hitch
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CategoryHitch
RelatedSailor's hitch, rolling hitch, Icicle hitch
ReleasingNon-jamming
Typical useTie one rope to another rope, boom, spar, shaft, etc., and pull lengthwise.
Michoacan-Martin
Step by step for Gripping Sailor's Hitch
Step by step for Gripping Sailor's Hitch

The gripping sailor's hitch[lower-alpha 1] is a secure, jam-proof 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.[1][2]

Tying

See also

Notes

  1. Sometimes incorrectly presented under name Sailor's gripping hitch. It is a gripping version of the Sailor's hitch, not a Sailor's version of a (non-existent) Gripping hitch.

References

  1. "Sailor's Hitch". Notable Knot Index. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  2. "Testing Sailing Knots that Really Grip". Inside Practical Sailor. Belvoir Media Group, LLC. Retrieved 25 December 2016.

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