mooring line is convenient. Permanent mooring lines should be at least 18 to 20 mm
in diametre of either polyester or polyamid. In difficult or dangerous places the dia-
metre should be increased. Lines that are not used should be stowed in a cool dry
place, out of direct sunlight. A piece of plastic tube slipped over the mooring lines
where they pass through fairleads, etc., will prevent chafe at that point. Never tie
up so that a line can chafe against sharp corners as they are easily worn through.
Before synthetic rope is cut, bind o r tape where the cut will be then singe the ends
in a flame. This will melt the fibres together and prevent the rope from unraveling.
Common whipping
Palm and needle
wipping
Figure of eight knot used to stop the ends of
sheets to run through blocks
Sheet bend used to join
Double sheet bend holds
better than single bend
two lines
Bowline - f o rmaking an eye
Clove hitch
A round turn
Fishermans bend
around a bit and half hitches
for bending cable
to anchor
-
also
used without seizing
easier to undo
Reef knot used only on light lines and yarn
When coiling a rope start from
The coiled rope is
the end which is made fast to
avoid unnessecary turns.
which is bent over
can be "locked"
locked with a bight
the coil.
like this.
An unattached rope
A half hitch is
Put the eye up through the eye of a
used to lock the
mooring line which is already placed
line on a cleat
around the bollard
-
to make
it
-
after a suffi-
cient number of
turns (more if the
rope is slippery).
Fig.
32.
Knots.
coiling a
rope,
making fa
st
to a
cleat.
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