Essential Knots
- May 13, 2024
- 1 min read
Updated: May 28, 2024
In this guide, you will find tutorials to tie:
Bowline
Reef / Square Knot
Figure of 8 Stopper Knot
Round Turn and Two Half Hitches
Credit: Knot images from Ardent Training.
Bowline
When to use: When you want to make a loop on the end of a line to attach it to something. You can then pull hard on the line and the knot won't slip, but later it can still be undone easily.
Reef Knot / Square Knot
When to use it: to tie two ends of the same line together, such as when securing a reefed sail to the boom.
Tip: Left over right - Right over left
Figure of 8 Stopper Knot
When to use it: on the end of your main sheet and jib sheets so that they can't slip all the way out of the cleats.
Round Turn and Two Half Hitches
When to use it: Secure a rope to a fixed anchor point.
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