DECORATIVE - Handy Mariner

Decorative knots are mostly used, as the name suggests, for esthetic purposes. However, just because something is pleasing to the eye doesn’t make them impractical. Especially the Turkhead family of decorative knot can often come in handy as semi-permanent way of marking or to protect the deck against heavy moving object such as blocks.

HOW TO TIE KNOTS – LANYARD KNOT

The Lanyard Knot (also known as Diamond Knot or Friendship Knot) is a decorative knot that’s used, as the name suggests, to add grip to a lanyard. It can be tied to join two separate ropes, [...]

HOW TO TIE KNOTS – SAILOR’S CROSS

The Sailor’s Cross is a variety on the True Lover’s Knot and similar to the Jury Mast Knot. Like the other two knots, the Sailor’s Cross is not a hugely functional knot and is [...]

HOW TO TIE KNOTS – TRUE LOVER’S KNOT

The True Lover’s Knot is a decorative knot that symbolizes, as the names suggests, true love. It is made out of two intertwined Overhand Knots. Although it has the characteristics of a [...]

HOW TO TIE KNOTS – JURY MAST KNOT

It’s believed that the Jury Mast Knot was made as a temporary rigging knot. If the existing rigging would fail, you could tie this knot, poke the mast through the center of the knot and [...]

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