ROPEWORK

The Surgeon’s Knot is a easy to tie knot and a slight modification of the Reef Knot. It [...]

Sailmaker’s Whipping is an easy way the whip the ends of laid rope that doesn’t [...]

The Icicle Hitch is a knot used to hang a load off a pole. As long as the load is constant and [...]

The Oysterman’s Knot (also known as the Ashley’s Stopper Knot) is a stopper knot [...]

The Sheepshank Knot is a knot used to shorten a length of rope or to protect a damaged section [...]

The Highwayman’s Hitch is a quick release knot to secure a line around a pole or similar [...]

The Rolling Hitch is a commonly used knot to attache a line to pole, rod or another line. It is [...]

At Handy Mariner, we are big fans of the Chain Sennit. A series of interlinked loops, the Chain [...]

The Stevedore knot is a stopper knot that’s basically a Figure of Eight Knot with a [...]

The Sink Stopper is a stopper knot, best used to prevent thinner ropes from slipping through [...]

The Angler’s Loop is an easy to tie fixed loop. It is also known as the Perfection Loop, [...]

The Spanish Bowline contains two adjustable loops, joined by the same rope. It was originally [...]

The Englishman’s Loop (also known as the Fisherman’s Eye) is a fixed loop made with [...]

The Ashley’s Bend is a very secure bend which is easy to untie, yet it’s hard to [...]

The Portuguese Bowline is essentially a Bowline with two loops. It can be used with two equal [...]

The Lanyard Knot (also known as Diamond Knot or Friendship Knot) is a decorative knot [...]

The Sailor’s Cross is a variety on the True Lover’s Knot and similar to the Jury [...]

The True Lover’s Knot is a decorative knot that symbolizes, as the names suggests, true [...]

French Whipping is a very secure way of whipping without having to use a needle or palm. [...]

Common whipping is an easy and classic way to whip. It keeps the end of your rope from fraying [...]

The Water Knot (also known as the Tape Knot, Double Overhand Bend or Ring Bend) is a bend most [...]

The Hunter’s Bend is a fairly young knot. It is claimed to have been invented by Dr. [...]

West Country Whipping is the easiest out of all whippings to learn, considering it contains two [...]

The Stopper Knot is a very versatile knot. It’s a neat way to put a stopper on the end of [...]

Shear Lashing (or Sheer Lashing) binds two poles together. It can be used as a temporary [...]

It’s believed that the Jury Mast Knot was made as a temporary rigging knot. If the [...]

The Bowline is the first knot anyone should learn before going out to sea (or life for that [...]