Gripping sailor's hitch | |
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Category | Hitch |
Related | Sailor's hitch, rolling hitch, Icicle hitch |
Releasing | Non-jamming |
Typical use | Tie one rope to another rope, boom, spar, shaft, etc., and pull lengthwise. |
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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "Sailor's Hitch". Notable Knot Index. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
- ↑ "Testing Sailing Knots that Really Grip". Inside Practical Sailor. Belvoir Media Group, LLC. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
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