What Are My Top 3 Knots For Narrowboating?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 ก.ค. 2024
- today I'm talking knots. from a cleat hitch to a round turn and two half hitches, let me talk you threw my top knots for mooring and locks.
with sailing you might need tons of specific knots for narrow boating you just need a few good solid knots and know when to use them!
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A good little video. A little pointer that would be more useful on the last knot. You can hold a boat of most sizes just on a couple of round turns (turns take the weight, the knot secures it). A narrowboat is pretty light to pull to by hand and things, so just go round the bollard twice and hold it tight and it will stop the narrowboat wherever you choose, you can then feed it out when its moving down in the lock so to speak
I'd scrap those and use a Boatman's hitch! Easy to do. Solid, safe and secure AND you only need one hand to undo :) Use it every day I'm at work. It's the Dogs by Locks, the Bee's Knees, the Cat's Whiskers!
I shall try to learn it!
Willow Wren Training here on TH-cam has a good little video on the Boatman's Hitch.
Thank you.
Your very informative.just love your videos.👍
Hello Jasmin, a very informative video. Thank you so much. So, back in the day when we had family holidays, our last one was in 2006, it was always the round turn and two half hitches.
Very well presented and easy to understand. The round turn and two half hitches was nicely explained, my wife now can do it. Thank you. A clove hitch is another really easy & useful knot for tying up to bollards or rails for short stays.
dickydb thank you so glad it was useful!
I liked the second one and the tip for the lock too xxx
thanks lovely!
Wonderful instructional video. Thank you!!
glad you liked it!
Hi Jasmin, I'm a boating beginner and I found your video useful. I particularly liked knot number two (the full round with two half hitches). Thanks for making the video.
have you seen th-cam.com/video/480FAOqb5pI/w-d-xo.html its for beginers
Tim that this Lady learned how to do a back splice or sail makers whipping. The first knot is a round turn and two half hitches, A figure of 8 is a stop knot tied to the end of a rope to pr
event it running back through a bulls eye or block.
My dear old Dad was in the Navy during the War and his favourite knot was The Snowball Hitch . Used to describe any knot incorrectly tied by a Landlubber that subsequently unravelled and disappeared like a snowball when put to the test. His Navy badge featured in the design the most commonly used Sailors knot - a round turn and two half hitches.
thank you for sharing that lovely story of your dad with me :)
Hi Jas, long time no hear or see. Hope you're doing well.
I think you know I was brutally assaulted and literally beaten almost to death by twelve knuckle dragging mental midgets about five years ago. Since then, I've had to endure five surgeries so far... trying, but not succeeding at repairing the damage they caused. My last two surgeries were done last January 28th. First, they cut in through my stomach to fuse my lumbar spine from the front. Soon as that was done, they rolled me over and cut in to get at the backside of my lumbar spine.
I thought you'd enjoy hearing I was almost killed. They've crippled me with the last two surgeries. Since then, I've had to use crutches to get around and I was issued an electric wheelchair last June.
Some have said I'm lucky to be alive. I tell them enduring so much unbelievable PAIN isn't lucky... I would have been much luckier if I'd just died.
Hope everything is going well for you.
Take care.
CW
Great presentation on knots there! For tying up on the T Stud I tend to use the OXO technique. Take the rope, one round turn around the base of the T-Stud, then a figure of 8 over the top followed by another round turn. Keeps it tight, easy to tie and has no locking hitches. Locking hitches are a good way to pinch your fingers ( or worse), also if the mooring lines get wet then they will jam with locking hitches but not with the OXO :-)
I have never heard of this knot i will look into it
Your second knot, the two half hitches, has been useful for me and with a minor modification is a taut line hitch for hold tent ropes without slipping. I also like a slip knot for short term mooring.
great ! might try that mod my self!
Thanks for the shout-out Jasmin - it was a lovely surprise :-)
thank you for being wonderful!
What, me? Was I wonderful? I do try :-)
My favorites is the Constrictor knot, this is a great binding knot, and comes in handy for many situations. Second would be the Prusik knot which I use to attach my ensign to the backstay, and hanging string bags full of fruit and veg from my compression post.
that looks a cool knot! I saw an amazing knot another boater had done the other day and I really wanna find out what it is!
Thanks for knot advice
from my sailing days the first knot is usefull because if memory serves it tends NOT to jam (no pun intended!)so quite useful a fishermans knot is also usefull
Love to see an extended version of this video, with more of your fave knots, and showing how to make them. :-)
tbh there is only one other i really use much!
A friend of mine, who was once in the navy, loaned me a book that was published in the 50's, that had hundred of knots. I even bought a few feet of line, to try and practice and learn a few. As it turned out, I have a terrible memory for such things, so just as good I never took up sailing! :-)
Brilliant!
thank you!
Hi Jasmin. Your second knot is a round turn and two half hitches. Its good for mooring because it can be tied and untied whilst under load, So if the wind is blowing from the tow path you should still be able to undo the knot. My favourite knot is a sheet bend and is used for tying together two pieces of rope of different sizes.
its great isnt it?
The Ashley Book of Knots - actually existed but best known now for illustrations used as chapter headings in the E Annie Proulx book The Shipping News
oh thats very interesting!
i was a lorry driver years ago and use lots of these nots used to tie loads down. they arnt all neaded but handy to know
amen!
Nice neat knots, not naughty knots. :)) My most used knots (not boat) are in my video "Knots for Tarps" .
oh i must have a look!
It still exists, and has thousands of knots, as Ashley considered different methods of tying or different jobs required different knot names. If you can find a used copy at a good price, you might want to get it.
www.amazon.co.uk/Ashley-Book-Knots-Clifford-W/dp/057109659X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1491429685&sr=1-1&keywords=ashley+book+of+knots
Backhand hitch is good. Once the two half hitches are undone the rope can be fed out under control. Easy to tie and doesn't jam. I use it on posts or rings.
ill look it up!
By the way I note a comment critical of the round turn and two half hitches. I see nothing wrong with it, it's a well known knot and provided the half hitches oppose each other it doesn't move.
Surely the canalman's or tugman's or lighterman's hitch (all different names for the same HITCH (not a KNOT)) is best for mooring (and towing etc.), not a round turn and 2 half hitches - It never jams, will hold the QE2 and can be taken off even when under strain?
There's an app for that! Try grog knots. Good info thank you :)
hahaha! i did find a pretty good knot websight
Hi Jasmin, by now the knots that you use are so second nature to you that you could tie them without even looking. Knots and rigging are something I have always been obsessed with, and I think there are a few things worth mentioning, if you don't mind. I like the way that people are giving input, but after the "technically correct" versions are presented, it becomes apparent that your versions are a step further than textbook. I am ecstatic to learn your 3 hitches btw.
Your cleat hitch: Here you automatically start off correctly but didn't mention that; relative to the direction that line is coming to the boat from, you have taken it around the "far" side first. If it were coming to the boat from ahead of the bow, it could be wrapped around the aft side of the cleat first. That would mean the line would have a clear lead ashore, instead of a "jamming" lead under the "close" side of the cleat. Then you hitch your first crossover right off the bat, contrary to what many text books show. Your next diagonal is hitched too, which many people were taught that is the Only one to hitch.
What we need to realize, however, is that the design of this cleat is light-years ahead of that kind of one-size-fits-all concept. That is not just any cleat, it is apparently one whose pattern evolved from what a narrowboat needs. First, it's a Chock. It leads the line aboard without fouling or jamming. And since the horns are higher than a normal "cleat", it is not only a proper chock, it will accept a full turn which means it is functionally a bollard as well, when needed. All this and more in one fitting. Why? Narrowboat deck space is dear, and you need all those functions as near the ends as possible, not to mention as far from the house as can be.
I really can't believe i'm writing this much, but i believe that some people want to know more than the basics.
So then you go and hitch your first crossing turn. Which is ok because you have a base that has accepted the first load bearing turn. Then the natural thing to do next is a second hitch. DONE. And one-half turn sooner than a textbook cleat. This version of a cleat was not just designed for utility, it is also a Speed cleat. WTF is a speed cleat? Extremely Tapered horns. Thick at the center, lots of bearing suface. Pointy tips, short horns. So when you are hitching to them, the taper tightens your hitch for you, when casting off, the thin short tips get the hitch loose and off quickly. When you look at it that way, it's like "How else would anyone hitch to this cleat, when the way described makes so much sense?".
Then, on the second knot, i just wanted to point out how the two half hitches are interacting with the stem rail, or whatever you call the wood under the cleat.... the way the line bears upon the deck is one reason this half hitch works so well.
And the third, well if it doesn't have a name i think it's high time we named it! Back when anchors were hoisted with people-power, they would "nip" their pulling device to the cable with your shorepin hitch. It's secret is the way the second turn jams under the first turn, providing remarkable holding power, yet ready to "surge out" at any moment as needed. So your hitch has many versions and many names, based upon how the knot is finished out. It is started identical to a rolling hitch, a midshipmen's hitch, and yes, gulp, a prussik hitch too! It's just that Your version serves the unique purpose of locking up or down safely and prudently. So if you don't like "shorepin" hitch, how about "lockdown" or "surgee hitch"? I'm sure the correct term will present itself in time, if you let it.
As for me and my peeps out in cali, that's from this day forward known as tying a "Jasmin".
Something else I learned... the cleat is mounted (welded?) to the Metal bow, not wood!
yes welded ! hi marty, I have been reading you very long comment and I really enjoy how you speak so passionately about knots! it seems you must have much more technical knowlege on the subject. mostly other boaters have taught me these knots and I looked up knots and tried to find the same ones from photos! its been interesting how some of them are a little differnt form text book! I hope to hear from you again! enjoy the lovely sun! :)
Thank you Jasmin, lovely video, perfect for Sunday afternoon viewing :)
Mark_037
glad you liked it!
Thanks for this vlog, it will help us avoid rope spaghetti. :)
:) your welcome
A pile hitch is a jolly good knot in the right place. Takes about 2 seconds to tie and untie, is secure and can be made any where along the line - you don't need the end of the rope. Some demo's on TH-cam.
i think i have used that! its pretty good!
The first knot was basically a clove hitch and the last one was basically half a clove hitch.
Jasmin, Two knots one rap? Cheers, what was that noise on the recording? strong wind round battlements! My be.
I noticed that too. I suspect that somebody was playing video games in the other cabin ;-)
i think it was the wind!
PS, "Turning the loop upside down" is called capsizing the bight.
Not bad
Thanks for including the knot that is not a 'knot knot'.
glad you enjoyed it!
The 3rd knot with no name is just called a “turn” the amount of turns depends on the amount of load you want to apply. Care should be taken when using multiple turns as it may turn into a “riding turn” and may end up being a hatchet knot 🤔
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turn_(knot)
crouch log, noted lost in the start up view plus the theme music. Gone but why? Cheers
good god its been like three months its been gone! maybe ill have to add it back in every one seems to mind this video!
mine is garlic knots and lots of butter
haha i could go for one of those
A cleat hitch does not use a round to start. A cleat hitch is a half round followed up with a belay. It's a half round and a clove hitch on a horn cleat.
Your audio stream sounds haunted.
that's probably loud wind outside her boat.
wooo
bowline !
I know a bow line but never think to use it!
And - I like your not a knot. I use it myself to give a little extra umph in lively locks.
Have you got a cold? 😟
I was suffering for about 7 years with sever allergys I didnt think anything could be done, I went back to the doctors and got some medicin that have compleatly cleared it up!
A full round with two half hitches ... sounds like a dance ...
yehaaa!
Never mind knots - where's me rude bit of wood gone?
we still have it i just up dated the intro! i'll feature it soon! ;)
👌
The second one looked pretty landlubber-ish. No sailor would ever get their fingers in a knot like that. It was nothing than some repeated grandma knots anyway.
well narrowboating is not sailing , and im sure ill get better and so an update some time!
If you search 'narrowboating' on youtube this is the top result... go figure.
well that's great news !
that's not a clear hitch, a cleat hitch is under, crossed over twice and locked by a turn under, much stronger