CAMPING, SAILING, MARINES, SCOUT, TRAVEL: Useful knots, splices, ties, clinches, hitches, bends, nooses, loops - part 5

CATSPAW

- useful for hoisting with a hook

- made by twisting two loops and then inserting the two small "eyes" into the hook




FISHERMAN'S HITCH

- used in making large hawsers (thick cable or rope used in mooring or towing a ship)

- used to fasten a line to a ring or fixed object

- also called Anchor bend




SHEEPSHANK

- used to temporarily shorten a rope

- used to bypass a weak point in a rope




BOW-LINE

- an excellent multipurpose, multiple application knot

- never slips, jams, or fails

- easily and quickly untied




BOWLINE ON A BIGHT

- very useful in slinging casks or barrels

- used to form a seat for people to be hoisted up or to be lowered down




RUNNING BOWLINE

- a bow-line with the end passed through the loop, thus forming a slip knot