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The Essential Knot Book for Boats: Knots, Bends, Hitches, Whippings, Splices - 3rd Edition
  The third edition of The Essential Knot Book covers all the knots, bends, hitches, whippings, and splices a mariner needs to know—and now they're shown in use and in full color!
Modern high-tech rope materials and construction—including Dyneema, Spectra, and Vectran—as well as Dacron, nylon, and the other now "traditional" standards, are included.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgement | Some rope terms explained
1 — Knots, Bends and Hitches
Reef Knot | Slipped Reef Knot | Figure of Eight | Bowline | Round Turn and Two Half Hitches | Fisherman's or Anchor Bend | Clove Hitch | Lighterman's Hitch | Sheet Bend or Becket Bend | Rolling Hitch on Rope | Rolling Hitch About a Spar | Figure of Eight Loop | Constrictor Knot | Surgeon's Knot | Carrick Bend | Sheepshank | Marling Hitch | Waggoner's or Trucker's Hitch | Buntline Fisherman's Bend | Spar Hitch | Sliding Figures of Eight | Stopper | Bowline on the Bight | Spanish Bowline | Jury or Masthead Knot | Hunter's Bend |Halyard Coil | Half Hitch Coil for Stowage | Buntline or Gasket Coil
2 — Whippings
Common Whipping | West Country Whipping | Needle and Palm Whipping | Sailmaker's Whipping | Alternatives to Whipping
3 — Splicing
Short Splice | Long Splice | Three Strand Eye Splice | Multiplait Eye Splice | Stitch and Whip Eye in Plaited Rope | Laid Core Eye Splice | Braid on Braid Eye Splice | High Tech, Low Stretch | Flemish Wire Eye Splice | Multiplait to Chain Splice
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PRODUCT DETAILS:- Publisher: International Marine — 1984-2003
- Author: Colin Jarman
- Binding: Paperback — 5¼ x 8¼ inches
- Pages: 86 — Over 100 color photos and diagrams
- ISBN: 007143237X
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The Essential Knot Book for Boats: Knots, Bends, Hitches, Whippings, Splices - 3rd Edition |
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