Boat Tow Rope Knot

Hitches are essential knots for climbers arborists sailors and anyone needing to tie a rope to something.

Boat tow rope knot. A simple but often forgotten knot that is very handy for tying two ropes together. On the positive side a square knot is easy to tie once you ve practiced enough so your fingers do it by habit and it s easy to untie even when wet. Mouse over the knot name below to see a description of that knot. A square knot is about 50 percent weaker than the line strength so don t risk your life on this knot.

Fisherman s knot as name suggested is large tie rope knot that is used for fishing purposes. Hitches are knots used to tie a rope to an object or to another rope. Lines stay soft forever and are color and uv resistant. Houseboats top knot is the original floating colored dock lines and mooring products company.

It looks the same as a bowline but is composed of two different ropes. Boating knot characteristics rope used in boating is durable and expensive and is often handling heavy loads e g when berthing mooring towing another vessel preparing for a storm or managing sails. Sailing boating rope pulling products by project macramé rope landscaping home decor swings multi purpose rope by rope type 3 strand 8 strand 12 strand 16 strand 24 strand 32 strand solid braid. Wrap the end of the rope around the object you want to and then wrap the rope to the other side for about five or six times.

These are the lines for all boats from ski boats and runabouts to yachts from off shore racers to the finest houseboats from day sailors to blue water yachts. Top knot has worldwide name recognition in the marine industry for being the original premiere manufacturer of floating colored dock lines and accessories. The emphasis therefore is on safety reliability and convenience. How can i tie it.

It s also not a good knot for joining lines of unequal size together. I find it invaluable for things like rafting up when you need long shorelines but all yours are too short. Axle hitch tow rope useful knot for dragging heavy objects or emergency towing the axle hitch is mentioned in abok 162 as a useful hitch for emergency to.