Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Monday, May 09, 2005
Knots!
I'm a knot idiot. Even though I've been an active sailor for over 20 years, my knot repertoire consists of:
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
- Bowline
- Sliding taut line hitch (and/or midshipmans hitch, rolling hitch, ...)
- Sheetbend (which doesn't really count, since it's just a bowline)
- Figure-8 stopper knot.
- A couple of cool pseudo-knots for tying rope halyards to headboards.
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