Index

adjustable bend 29

aider 98

Albright knot 34–35

alpine butterfly loop 90–91

alpine coil 282

anchor bend 202

anchor hitch 143

angler’s loop 110–111

arbor knot 194–195

artilleryman’s loop 108–109

Ashley’s stopper 302

ax hitch 251

Bachman knot 166–167

back splice 312–313

backpack coil 280–281

backing up knots 15

beaver tail 288

becket hitch 196

bends 8–57

Berkley trilene knot 180

bill hitch 241

Bimini twist 122–123

Blake’s hitch 146–147

blood knot 40–41

boa knot 156–157

boom hitch 218–219

bottle sling 254–255

bowline 63

bowline on a bight 68–69

bowline on a coil 92–93

bowstring loop 119

braid knot 285

buntline hitch 212–213

butterfly bend 46–47

butterfly loop 90–91

carrick bend 32

carrick loop 80–81

cat’s paw 197

caver’s helical knot 144–145

Centauri knot 220

cleat hitch 172

climber’s coil 280–281

clove hitch 150

clove hitch II 151

coils 280–284, 286

collared hitch 258–259

constrictor knot 153

cordelette anchor 246–247

cow hitch 136

cross-prusik knot 158–159

crown knot 303

daisy chain 287

diagonal lashing 266–267

diamond hitch 238–239

diamond knot 304–305

double Blackwall hitch 253

double bowline 66

double bugle cord 288

double chain plait 288

double figure-eight loop 86–87

double fisherman’s knot 19

double grinner knot 44–45

double Heddon knot 160–161

double overhand 297

double sheet bend 27

double slipped square knot 12

double trumpet cord 288

dropper loop 99

Duncan loop 186–187

end whipping 306–307

Englishman’s loop 106–107

étrier 98

Eugene knot 188–189

extended pile hitch 234–235

eye splice 310–311

farmer’s loop 112–113

figure eight 294

figure-eight bend 17

figure-eight coil 286

figure-eight loop 85

fireman’s chair knot 176–177

fisherman’s knot 18

floor lashing 272–273

Frost knot 96–97

girth hitch 139

grinner knot 232–233

half blood knot 203

half hitch 130

halter hitch 198–199

halyard hitch 210–211

hammer hitch 250

handcuff knot 84

hangman’s noose 105

Headon knot 164–165

heaving line knot 301

Heddon knot 158–159

highwayman’s hitch 208–209

hitches 124–261

Hunter’s bend 38–39

icicle hitch 234–235

Italian hitch 140

Jack Ketch’s knot 105

Jansik knot/special 224–225

Japanese square knot 16

killick hitch 149

king sling 181

Klemheist knot 164–165

knife lanyard knot 304–305

knute hitch 138

kreuzklem 158–159

ladder hitch 257

ladder lashing 270–271

Lapp knot 24

lariat knot 100

lashings 262–275

lighterman’s hitch 168–169

load releasing hitch 204–205

lobster-buoy hitch 127

loops 58–123

manharness knot/hitch 108–109

Matthew Walker knot 308–309

midshipman’s loop 116–117

modified clinch knot 174–175

monkey’s fist 298–299

mono braid bend 42–43

mono loop knot 184–185

multifold overhand knot 300

multiple loop 284

Munter friction hitch 140

Munter mule 141

nail knot 48–49

neck halter 101

needle knot 50–51

Newfoundland hitch 193

Nilsson knot 202

noose 104

offshore swivel knot 226–227

one-handed bowline 64–65

one-way knot 22–23

Ossel hitch 221

overhand 292

overhand bend 14

overhand loop 60

overhand shortening 70–71

pack coil 284

Palomar knot 178–179

pedigree cow hitch 176–177

Penberthy knot 144–145

perfection loop 110–111

pile hitch 171

Pitzen knot 182–183

Poldo tackle 155

pole hitch 236–237

Portland Creek hitch 193

Portuguese bowline 76–77

Prusik knot 142

racking bend 28

Rapala knot 190–191

reef-knotted loop 62

reel knot 194–195

release hitches 162–163

riffle/riffling hitch 193

rigger’s bend 38–39

ring hitch (double-ended) 230–231

rolling hitch 200

Rosendahl bend/knot 36–37

round lashing 268–269

round turn and two half hitches 133

running bowline 67

scaffold hitch 248–249

scaffold knot 114–115

seizing bend 30–31

self-equalizing anchor 242–243

shear/sheer lashing 268–269

sheepshank 289

sheet bend 25

short splice 314–315

simple Simon (double) 54–55

single Blackwall hitch 252

single bugle cord 287

single hook hitch 256

single trumpet cord 287

slide-and-grip (center-loaded) 245

slide-and-grip (end-loaded) 244

sliding sheet bend hitch 134–135

slipped bowline 74

slipped buntline hitch 214

slipped cleat hitch 173

slipped constrictor knot 154

slipped figure eight 295

slipped noose hitch 137

slipped overhand knot 293

slipped rolling hitch 201

slipped sheet bend 26

slipped square knot 11

slippery half hitch 131

snelling of a hook 222–223

snug hitch (reinforced) 260–261

snuggle hitch 216–217

Spanish bowline 78–79

spar hitch 170

spider knot 228–229

spider loop 82

splices 310–315

square knot 10

square lashing 264–265

stevedore knot 296

stopped loop 61

stoppers 290–297, 302, 308–309

Strait bend 46–47

strangle knot 152

surgeon’s knot 33

surgeon’s loop 82

swing hitch 215

tape knot 20–21

Tarbuck knot 83

taut-line hitch 126

Tegis knot 192

tensionless anchor 240

thief knot 13

thumb loop 228–229

timber hitch 148

transom knot 276–277

trident loop 120–121

trilene knot 180

triple crown loop 94–95

triple figure-eight loop 88–89

triple loop bowline 72–73

tripod lashing 274–275

trombone loop 228–229

trucker’s hitch 128–129

true lover’s loop 118

tucked bowline 75

tucked double overhand loop 102–103

Turk’s head 278–279

Turle knot 206–207

twin bowline bend 56–57

two half hitches 132

vice versa 52–53

wagoner’s hitch 128–129

water knot 20–21

whippings 306–307

wrapped coil 283

Zeppelin bend 36–37