Basic Seamanship: Hitch Knots

Hello ladies and gentlemens I am Cynetyc and today I will show you some simple but good ways to make Hitch Knots!

At first I will show you a Spar Hitch knot

• The Spar Hitch is a great knot for tying fenders to a lifeline or a rail or from a rail to a lifeline.
• It is very secure and will hold around small and slick objects. The load can be at different angles.
• The Spar Hitch is also know as Ground Line Hitch, Picket Line Hitch and is the same basic construction as the Sack Knot.
• The Spar Hitch can be tied right or left handed or “slippery.”
• It was used from old times to tie the horses during the night.
• The Spar Hitch looks similar to a Clove Hitch witch I will demonstrate in this post too but holds much better.
• This knot It will not slip easily because it is locking by itself under strain.

Procedure:

Start by using a pole or a stick and piece of rope.
Wrap one time the rope around the pole (or in my case a pen) and cross over the standing part of the line.

Next step is to tie wrap it another time but when coming around like go over the crossing part of the line.

If you pull you will see that it will hold.

Rolling Hitch, or Magnus and Magner’s Hitch knot:

This knot it is used to attach a rope to a rod, pole, or another rope.
It has a common usage while sailing is for rigging a stopper to relax the tension on a sheet so that a jammed winch or block can be cleared

Procedure:

Make one round turn then another under it and put the rope over the one that is down.

Now just pull the rope up inside the last turn that you made:

Clove Hitch Knot:

This hitch is used to tie a line to a pole, spar, or railing. It will not slip easily and it is a super fast knot used almost all the time in my line of work.

Procedure
Start my wrapping the rope around the pole and then pass over it

Then you pull the rope up and inside the last loop. ( As you can see there is a lot of similarities between these knots)

A more effective way and simple way to do this knot is like this :

• Start the same way but at the last loop bend the rope like this:

Like this the knot is strong and with a simple pull you can untie it just like magic!

Thanks very much for reading this article and I will see you next time!