ROPE CARE – WEST COUNTRY WHIPPING
West Country Whipping is the easiest out of all whippings to learn, considering it contains two knots most people know already. For this whipping you do not need any needles, palms or other types [...]
HOW TO TIE KNOTS – STOPPER KNOT
The Stopper Knot is a very versatile knot. It’s a neat way to put a stopper on the end of your line, it’s quite a heavy knot making it a good alternative to a Monkey’s Fist and [...]
HOW TO TIE KNOTS – SHEAR LASHING
Shear Lashing (or Sheer Lashing) binds two poles together. It can be used as a temporary solution to fix a broken pole, add a piece of reinforcement to a weak pole or to create an a-frame.
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 [...]