Rename a boat?!?

Now you can with Vigor's patented (or at least published) "denaming ceremony"!

Cheers,

Geoff S.

Knots!

I'm a knot idiot. Even though I've been an active sailor for over 20 years, my knot repertoire consists of:

1. Bowline
2. Sliding taut line hitch (and/or midshipmans hitch, rolling hitch, ...)
3. Sheetbend (which doesn't really count, since it's just a bowline)
4. Figure-8 stopper knot.
5. A couple of cool pseudo-knots for tying rope halyards to headboards.

I've tried to learn more knots, but they just don't seem to stick in my brain...
So, I was tremendously interested in some cool animated gifs of knots posted to the del.icio.us sailing tag. They probably won't help me learn anthing new, but for someone less knot-challenged it may be a useful aid.

Cheers,

Geoff S.
DN US-5156/Laser 145234/Renegade 510