Knots for the outdoors
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- ISBN: 9780762740154
- ISBN: 0762740159
- Physical Description vi, 58 pages : illustrations.
- Edition 3rd ed.
- Publisher Guilford, Conn. : Globe Pequot Press, [2007]
- Copyright ©2007
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General Note: | At head of title: Basic essentials. |
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 11.50 |
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Table of Contents
Knots for the Outdoors
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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Preface | p. v | |
About the Author | p. vi | |
1 | Choosing Rope | p. 1 |
Types of Rope | p. 3 | |
Preparing a New Rope | p. 6 | |
Coiling Your Rope for Proper Storage | p. 9 | |
How to Care for Your New Rope | p. 12 | |
2 | Knots | p. 14 |
How Strong Are Knots? | p. 14 | |
Anchor (Fisherman's) Bend | p. 15 | |
Bowline | p. 16 | |
Locking Bowline | p. 16 | |
Butterfly Noose | p. 17 | |
Bowline on a Bight | p. 18 | |
Cat's Paw | p. 20 | |
Clove Hitch | p. 21 | |
Diamond Hitch | p. 22 | |
Figure Eight (End) Knot | p. 24 | |
Figure Eight Loop | p. 25 | |
Fisherman's Knot/Double Fisherman's Knot | p. 26 | |
One Half Hitch/Two Half Hitches | p. 28 | |
Two Slippery Half Hitches and a Round Turn | p. 29 | |
Mooring Hitch | p. 30 | |
Marline (Hammock) Hitch | p. 31 | |
Monofilament Fishing Knot (Clinch Knot) | p. 31 | |
Miller's (Constrictor) Knot | p. 32 | |
Pipe Hitch | p. 34 | |
Prussik Knot | p. 34 | |
Sheepshank | p. 35 | |
Power Cinch (Trucker's Knot) | p. 36 | |
Quick Release (Slippery) Loop | p. 38 | |
Sheet Bend/Double Sheet Bend/Slippery Sheet Bend | p. 39 | |
Sliding Figures of Eight | p. 40 | |
Spanish Bowline | p. 41 | |
Strap Knot | p. 42 | |
S-Knot | p. 43 | |
Square (Reef) Knot | p. 44 | |
Surgeon's Knot | p. 45 | |
Taut-Line (Rolling) Hitch | p. 46 | |
Timber Hitch | p. 48 | |
Trilene (Fishing) Knot | p. 49 | |
Splices | p. 50 | |
Eye Splice | p. 50 | |
Short Splice | p. 54 | |
Lashings | p. 56 | |
Square Lashing | p. 56 | |
Tripod Lashing | p. 58 |