Gregory's ServerRe-learned the clove hitch (or webeleinstek in German), an ancient and simple knot to secure a piece of rope using two hitches. We used it aboard to secure the fenders to the railings.
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  This and the bowline are the two knots were burned into my memory in boyscouts growing up. Over the years I have relearned other knots I learned and forgot and just plain forgotten many others... but the clovehitch and bowline are so beautiful and useful that they just refuse to be forgotten in my head. Though.... I can really only tie a bowline with the one handed method with the loop around your body (I think this was a sailor's OG form of a life preserver?). |
@rostiger A very useful variant is to put the loose part of the rope "auf Slip" by going back. This allows to open the knot easily and fast with one hand.