I know maybe three different knots (overhand, slip knot, and square knot... probably some others I've done by accident. On a good day I can even tie my shoes). Never too old to learn, right? I really admire your no-BS teaching style, and your ability to use all four limbs simultaneously while coherently talking us through every step is the sign of a subject master!
Thank you. Two knots now come even easier to me. I think most people really don't know much about knots, and your effort actually improves that a little bit!
After a 35 year business career i sometimes coach people and groups on public speaking, using clear storylines and interim summaries, with a lot of emphasis on tone of voice and animation to engage people. Boating is a hobby and im pretty hopeless. So i really enjoyed your teaching style on all levels, i find your delivery and content are excellent! Many thanks
The bowline is the knot of all knots, I use that one 99% of the time at work. And I must agree with these 5 knots and once you've made them a 1000 times it's muscle memory and they'll never go wrong again. I do have to disagree with tying a dingy to a dingy dock, I prefer to use a chain with a good lock there. Great informative video!
@@Clarks-Adventure Then you are in a good spot. My only experience are in northern Europe and the southern part of the Caribbean, there it's lock it or lose it.
I've never heard of a Zeppelin up before either! Although it seems like a more complicated version of a sheet bend... And I've never had an issue with a sheet bend.
It's a good knot, but should probably not be used for dissimilar sized rope. Should use the zeppelin 1.5 (double tuck the thinner rope) or the more common sheet bend in those cases.
The knots I use for random tasks always end up being some kind of sailing knot. This video is a good example of why that is. They are easy to remember, very effective, and easy to get untied when you don't need them anymore. Great stuff
Thanks for the information! I recently went on my first sailing trip--a passage to Bermuda from Falmouth, Maine and got to use the Zeppelin Knot when a lobster trap got entangled with our anchor chain while taking a break in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The trap line was so entangled that I had to cut it and then I patched it back together using this knot.
Im a scout leader and the Knot Head of our troop. I appreciate that you give the student the name and the purpose of the knot. This isnt done often enough in scouts. The scout only wants to learn how to tie a knot and get it signed off in his book. I teach the eight required knots and many others. I would expect sailors to use two half hitches, a carrok bend, "a loop with two half hitches", a stevedore knot and a "constrictor" knot. I have learned that climbers often use a knot that is like overlapping figure eights to join ropes. Keep preaching the rope work gospel. Rope is an incredibly important tool.
Well done. Well presented. A suggestion for your viewers: leave about a foot of tail in the line between the Figure 8-knot and the end of the line. That will give you a bit of line to pull on (or tie to) if your Figure 8-knot gets jammed into a cleat-fixture.
Excellent educator Emily! Thankful I accidentally came across this video. Your husband tied a very nice 'wedding' knot ring to match yours. Congratulations you two!
Great video! Thanks!! And here's a handy tip: Always leave long tails on your sheet stopper knots. If the stopper knot gets jammed really hard into a block, then you have a long tail to pull on to free it. If the knot is jammed right up to the block without a tail? It can be really hard to get a good grip on that little nub of a knot to pull it out. 🙂
Great vid. The most needed knots, all well explained. I remember a USCG report that started with "a square not has killed more sailors than any other knot", needless to say, never used one after that.
Well, dang. As a guy who last tied any of these knots in Sea Scouts something like 45 years ago (save the reef/square knot), this is a gem of a find. Saved for later!
Nice. Thanks for the video. I'm a former "petty officer" from Brazilian Navy, who dreams to live aboard, and I like, a lot, simple and objective stuff. Just save the channel at my favorites.
In the intro of the video, i was positive that i know them all. At the end, i realized that i know nothing 😅 Awesome tips, thanks and keep on the good work! FW and FW
I taught college class on marlinspike seamanship. So dazzle me, haha! Always enjoy others teaching knot tying. Thanks! At end of 9 week class, each had a goodie bag of special tools made during class. Interviewing, everyone but one owned their own sailboats. You did amaze me with zeplin knot. I have a 3rd bowline knot to save you, after falling overboard. (So you don't tie double half hitch around you, then killing you tightening up). Imagine husband throwing you a rope while your in water. Rope passes you on your right side. Bring bitter end rope around you. Throw bitter end of rope an about a foot rope, over rope from boat. Grab 2 ropes together with one hand palm down against 2 ropes. Now with hand twist (going down an around) still holding both ropes around each other to create a loop, bring end around through loop too create a bowling around you so you don't die being squeezed. Practice until you get the bowling. Then practice for more speed for emergencies. This knot has saved lives for me.
Beautiful presentation of what can be a very confusing topic. I especially liked how she reviewed each knot. She kept it simple, straightforward, and easy to follow. Very nice job!!
Ive been looking at knots clips and this is the best i have seen. You answered a couple of glitches i was having with getting it right sometime s andd sometimes 'knot'. Well done
I wish more of my teachers in high school and college were like you. You explain things very well and make something like tying knots interesting! You don’t talk so slow that it makes me fall asleep but also not so fast that I can’t follow what you’re saying! Watched the whole way through just because I think you’re cool! ☺️
Great video but a clove hitch is knot secure if there is going to be any bouncing of the dinghy due to wind and waves. I once had to swim 200 yards to ashore from an anchorage in 48 degree water to retrieve my dinghy on a bumpy night. A bowline or a cleat hitch would have saved me from this cold swim. The extra knot she said wasn’t really needed would also probably worked. I have seen simple clove hitches release many times due to bouncing.
After caring far too much for knots and learning far too many of them to be usefull... I have to admit that your selection is just right. All your knots work great and are just good in general. Two little remarks: 1. The clove hitch works really well when used correctly. If you have no load on the line and much movement, it will loosen itself and become undone. For that case you need another knot (or, like you have shown, some additional securing) 2. On the outtro "Identify the knot" picture, there is the Hunters knot shown and identified as Zeppelin bend.
Very well done Emily! The Alpine Butterfly is very similar to a Trucker's Hitch, which are two of my favorite knots for leverage and purchase. Both are super handy. And the Zeppelin for me is like the Sheet Bend or Double Sheet Bend (if different diameters.) But the square knot that you demonstrated (or reef knot,) will work as well if you half hitch both ends. When I used to train horses, we would use the clove hitch with quick release loops like you did, but we would keep slipping additional qr loops through each other, and the last one would be straight through (not a loop) which keeps the horses from being able to untie the knot, but never tightens on itself. I had a horse who would untie a simple clove hitch in seconds, but with 2 or 3 quick release loops, and the last one straight through, in 25 years, she never untied it.
not me scrolling down hoping there would be more naughty jokes. great job, i will do my best to try and apply these if i remember half of them. simple, easy to explain and no bs. thanks
This is a very satisfying video to watch, Ill have to grab me a piece of rope and watch this video again, I just want to learn these knots so I can show off to my boating mates 😂
Greetings again. I just want to say I learned two things today. I learned how to tie these knots because I was able to slow the video, and I learned how to slow the video. I got a two for one today. Much thanks to Emily and Clark and my daughter.
I'm a whitewater rescue instructor and I'm about to make video to teach my students on specifics knots. I would like to CONGRATULATE you Emily. This video is very well explained, easy to follow, fast markers, great animation, perfect editing, slomo, etc. It look easy and I guess nobody realise all the time required to make theses video. My video won't be as perfect as yours, but you hit my wildest expectation with your work! Alex from Montréal
I've been using a bowline for over 50 years it is one of my go-to's. "when the rabbit goes down the hole" "I double it back and it sits at the entrance" thus creating a quick release. make sure to leave enough rope out to grip a sharp tug and waaahlaaah it is undone. when working with horses and animals under tension some knots are imposible to untie, this quick release saved my bacon from distressed horses and animals plus saved lots of time while at sea or on land hauling and tying many times over ! I'm glad i 'got knotted' at an early age!!! knowledge is no burden so 'get knotted' !!!! lol great channel keep up the good work , well done and most enjoyable !!
I’ll tell ya. This episode was knot for me. A couple of these were knot things I knew. Knot that I mind learning new things. I did try a few of them but wound up being tied into knots. 2 pieces of string were walking down the road one said to the other, let’s go in for a drink. The other said they won’t accept us in there. You’ll sea. He went in and was asked to leave right away. The other had an idea. He twisted himself up and ruffled his hair. When he went in the bartender looked at him and said,”Aren’t you a piece of string?” With a grin he replied,”Nope...I’m a frayed knot!” Sorry. Just had to do that. Great episode. As I’ve said before, I always something watching your videos.
Love the presentation of this. Concise, complete, and with really good context. That’s not typical of a video about knots. I know them all to some degree but learned a little something new about each knot especially the zeppelin. Now I’m inspired to practice them all again but with my eyes closed and with your tweaks. Thanks.
Hi, very good presentation, well paced and uses review to very good effect (from a training point of view). I also learnt two Knots that I had not used before as 'promised' in the introduction. So very well done . Bye Duncan
Hey, I loved this! Thanks! Because of you have I have these 5 knots memorized and under my belt and still playing around with making them during any down time. Yes, great break from the cellphone ;-).
Thanks Emily. Well demonstrated. A knot that I use to start a whipping or to attach a lead line is the constrictor knot. Also called the "beer bottle" knot since it won't come undone and leave your beer on the bottom.
The constrictor knot is the one I use most frequently. Of course, it fails Emily's 'must be easy to undo' rule. But it serves well as a whipping all by itself, can be cut off close after thoroughly tightened, and won't let you down.
This is great. Thanks for the honest and entertaining video. I think you nailed the five necessary knots. Clark's bowline is my all-time favorite knot, and one I've been using and teaching for far more than fifty years. I first taught myself to tie this one to be used in cave diving. With fifteen minutes of practice, this can be tied underwater while wearing gloves in the dark, since it can be tied without letting go of the line. (Yeah, people have told me for years that it isn't possible to tie a bowline without letting go, and I love proving them wrong.) It's also called a "sheet bend" or a "short-end sheet bend" depending on the use and method of tying. Another common name is the "flying bowline" when tied in heavy lines. I look forward to watching more from both of you. Keep sailing!
Great explanations! Since I forget things easily, I use simple variations of the figure 8 knot for four of the five applications you mention in this video: as a stopper as you showed, as a loop anywhere in the line, and as a bend for ropes of a similar diameter.
Very good video. You made it as easy as possible to teach us how to tie those knots. You couldn't have done it any easier. Thank you very much. Please continue to make and post videos. 😊 👍
Truckers hitch undoes itself, it comes undone automatically which is why truckers used it when they secured loads with rope. Now that shows my age , I can remember when truckers secured loads with rope!. but back to the hitch. the loop you pull through and hook on something to tension, all you do is release that and pull the loop out using the free end and the knot then disassembled all on it's own. I have never, and can not think of any circumstance where I would even consider using it on a boat. So yes I am learning this as it could be usefull on a boat.
@@HoboSailor yes you are right, on the clip you referred to, the way it was presented i could not see truckers using it so I looked at a few others. It probably all comes down to american and european trucks being different, european trucks have hooks or pins to secure to. On the other clips I looked at it appears american trucks seem to have rails, rings or.eyes. However one did show how to undo that first loop that appears to lock, having dismantled the rest of the knot you snap or pull both ends of the rope apart. I'm guessing that will still work after a few days, truckers wouldn't use a hitch that left a jammed knot in there ropes.
Well done - I learnt a new useful knot. I use the "Rolling Hitch" a lot both at sea and on land, it is extremely useful and fits the 'easy to undo' criteria.
As an old roughneck I used all these knots but the one I depended on, the clove hitch, for my life many times tieing a 12X 2 stabbing board off in the derrick to run casing. Great video.
Very nicely done presentation for clarity. Congrats. Its wonderful to see useful advice out there but without clarity theres no point. Look forwardto seeing more
Best tutorial ever. Clear and to the point. No blablablabla
This video goes up there with the best of the best boating videos...
Thanks.
Share it?
Begining sailor here, thanks a lot for this video, I will be practicing each of these daily until they are second nature.
I know maybe three different knots (overhand, slip knot, and square knot... probably some others I've done by accident. On a good day I can even tie my shoes). Never too old to learn, right?
I really admire your no-BS teaching style, and your ability to use all four limbs simultaneously while coherently talking us through every step is the sign of a subject master!
Thank you. Two knots now come even easier to me. I think most people really don't know much about knots, and your effort actually improves that a little bit!
just learned two new knots! thanks...
Just learned all these knots tonight and you had the best presentation / explanation. Kick-ass.
I just came for the music :). Thanks for the knots. Now to practice....
Your channel rocks, we share these tutorials with inexperienced friends and swabbies we have aboard.
Thanks
Every sailor is happy when his first mate has mad skills like this!
After a 35 year business career i sometimes coach people and groups on public speaking, using clear storylines and interim summaries, with a lot of emphasis on tone of voice and animation to engage people. Boating is a hobby and im pretty hopeless. So i really enjoyed your teaching style on all levels, i find your delivery and content are excellent! Many thanks
Ew talk & go mush 2 fast 4 me
Just set your player to play at half speed.
@@Clarks-Adventure Right. TY old guy trying to keep ☝. Thanks for your time to educate
Well done.
THANK YOU WITH CAPITAL LETTERS
The bowline is the knot of all knots, I use that one 99% of the time at work. And I must agree with these 5 knots and once you've made them a 1000 times it's muscle memory and they'll never go wrong again.
I do have to disagree with tying a dingy to a dingy dock, I prefer to use a chain with a good lock there.
Great informative video!
All depends on where you live. I use a lock and cable in Florida. Here it's not an issue.
@@Clarks-Adventure Then you are in a good spot. My only experience are in northern Europe and the southern part of the Caribbean, there it's lock it or lose it.
I got a Whole Lotta Love for that Zeppelin knot.. I'ts new to me
Me too, and have recently experienced the disaster she describes with the square knot.
I've never heard of a Zeppelin up before either! Although it seems like a more complicated version of a sheet bend... And I've never had an issue with a sheet bend.
Gonna send you back to schooling
It's a good knot, but should probably not be used for dissimilar sized rope. Should use the zeppelin 1.5 (double tuck the thinner rope) or the more common sheet bend in those cases.
The knots I use for random tasks always end up being some kind of sailing knot. This video is a good example of why that is. They are easy to remember, very effective, and easy to get untied when you don't need them anymore. Great stuff
Best 5 knot lesson I've seen in a while.
So many ways to tie a bowline though.
Thank you for these easy to remember instructions. Too, Love the bowline rhymie about the tree and the rabbit! Yay!
Thanks for the information! I recently went on my first sailing trip--a passage to Bermuda from Falmouth, Maine and got to use the Zeppelin Knot when a lobster trap got entangled with our anchor chain while taking a break in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The trap line was so entangled that I had to cut it and then I patched it back together using this knot.
Another good video, I just purchased a 30' Sea Ray Sundancer, this video is very helpful.
Thanks again.
Glad to see you are going through our old stuff. Enjoy.
And enjoy your new boat!
The "Zeppelin Knot" was new to me. Thanks a lot!
*"Zeppelin Bend"
(Quite funny, as I am a German ^^)
Amazing. Thank you. I’m a noob with lengths of line to practice in my living room. You’re nice to watch.
The Zeppelin just became my new favourite know, thanks!!!
Thanks so much for this post. This is a weak link in my toolbox. I like your teaching style/ ability.
Im a scout leader and the Knot Head of our troop.
I appreciate that you give the student the name and the purpose of the knot. This isnt done often enough in scouts. The scout only wants to learn how to tie a knot and get it signed off in his book.
I teach the eight required knots and many others.
I would expect sailors to use two half hitches, a carrok bend, "a loop with two half hitches", a stevedore knot and a "constrictor" knot. I have learned that climbers often use a knot that is like overlapping figure eights to join ropes.
Keep preaching the rope work gospel. Rope is an incredibly important tool.
The butterfly and 2 fishies knots are awesome!
Well done. Well presented.
A suggestion for your viewers: leave about a foot of tail in the line between the Figure 8-knot and the end of the line. That will give you a bit of line to pull on (or tie to) if your Figure 8-knot gets jammed into a cleat-fixture.
Good idea
Well done (says the teacher of 25 yrs)! You were right, two knots new to me that I will practice this week until returning to the boat :)
Excellent educator Emily! Thankful I accidentally came across this video. Your husband tied a very nice 'wedding' knot ring to match yours. Congratulations you two!
Great video! Thanks!! And here's a handy tip: Always leave long tails on your sheet stopper knots. If the stopper knot gets jammed really hard into a block, then you have a long tail to pull on to free it. If the knot is jammed right up to the block without a tail? It can be really hard to get a good grip on that little nub of a knot to pull it out. 🙂
You have the best how to steps for knots thank you just learnkng to sail and your slow steps that are clear to see are perfect
Great vid. The most needed knots, all well explained.
I remember a USCG report that started with "a square not has killed more sailors than any other knot", needless to say, never used one after that.
Well, dang. As a guy who last tied any of these knots in Sea Scouts something like 45 years ago (save the reef/square knot), this is a gem of a find. Saved for later!
Glad you found it interesting Trane.
Funny that you can get a alpine that way. At least you did not do the 1 second not a bowline challenge. : ) hope you guys are now feeling better.
love the simplicity of explanation
Thanks Maritza
I'd never heard of the Zeppelin knot, everything else very well explained.
Subscribed.
As a scout leader and dreaming of sailing, I see this as a win! 😊
Thanks.
Pass the link to your scouts please
Alpine butterfly, and clove hitch are so fun to tie!!! So satisfying thank you, and incredibly useful cant wait to use them next time Im on the boat
Awesome! Learning the alpine butterfly felt like learning a magic trick :D
That was awesome. Love the way you delivered the instructions lass 😃
Y'all are the best. Thanks for making videos.
Nice. Thanks for the video. I'm a former "petty officer" from Brazilian Navy, who dreams to live aboard, and I like, a lot, simple and objective stuff. Just save the channel at my favorites.
In the intro of the video, i was positive that i know them all.
At the end, i realized that i know nothing 😅
Awesome tips, thanks and keep on the good work!
FW and FW
Thanx a lot. It was excellent for beginer like me
You're very welcome Suhas. Glad it helped
I taught college class on marlinspike seamanship. So dazzle me, haha! Always enjoy others teaching knot tying. Thanks! At end of 9 week class, each had a goodie bag of special tools made during class. Interviewing, everyone but one owned their own sailboats. You did amaze me with zeplin knot. I have a 3rd bowline knot to save you, after falling overboard. (So you don't tie double half hitch around you, then killing you tightening up). Imagine husband throwing you a rope while your in water. Rope passes you on your right side. Bring bitter end rope around you. Throw bitter end of rope an about a foot rope, over rope from boat. Grab 2 ropes together with one hand palm down against 2 ropes. Now with hand twist (going down an around) still holding both ropes around each other to create a loop, bring end around through loop too create a bowling around you so you don't die being squeezed. Practice until you get the bowling. Then practice for more speed for emergencies. This knot has saved lives for me.
Beautiful presentation of what can be a very confusing topic. I especially liked how she reviewed each knot. She kept it simple, straightforward, and easy to follow. Very nice job!!
Don't kow if anyone else has mentioned this Emily - you make easy to understand and well paced instructional videos! :)
Am an arborist I use all those knots daily there good knots always waited to get into sailing
Well done video on what I agree are the basic knots any boaters needs to know!
Ive been looking at knots clips and this is the best i have seen. You answered a couple of glitches i was having with getting it right sometime s andd sometimes 'knot'. Well done
I wish more of my teachers in high school and college were like you. You explain things very well and make something like tying knots interesting! You don’t talk so slow that it makes me fall asleep but also not so fast that I can’t follow what you’re saying! Watched the whole way through just because I think you’re cool! ☺️
That butterfly knot tie! 🤯 NICE ONE!!!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks for this, you show different methods of tying common knots. Never seen a bowline done the second way. Thanks
Good stuff... thanks Emily
Great video but a clove hitch is knot secure if there is going to be any bouncing of the dinghy due to wind and waves. I once had to swim 200 yards to ashore from an anchorage in 48 degree water to retrieve my dinghy on a bumpy night. A bowline or a cleat hitch would have saved me from this cold swim. The extra knot she said wasn’t really needed would also probably worked. I have seen simple clove hitches release many times due to bouncing.
Thanks, Emily! This was awesome, the way you told it to us. I know my knots finally, yeah!
You're welcome Ed.
You might like some of our other videos.
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@@Clarks-Adventure holy cow, this is some great stuff, will definitely check those out, thanks!
Maybe even subscribe and share the links with friends? It would help us out.
@@Clarks-Adventure Absolutely will do
After caring far too much for knots and learning far too many of them to be usefull... I have to admit that your selection is just right. All your knots work great and are just good in general. Two little remarks:
1. The clove hitch works really well when used correctly. If you have no load on the line and much movement, it will loosen itself and become undone. For that case you need another knot (or, like you have shown, some additional securing)
2. On the outtro "Identify the knot" picture, there is the Hunters knot shown and identified as Zeppelin bend.
That's brilliant of tieing knots demo.thankyou Robert.
Very well done Emily! The Alpine Butterfly is very similar to a Trucker's Hitch, which are two of my favorite knots for leverage and purchase. Both are super handy. And the Zeppelin for me is like the Sheet Bend or Double Sheet Bend (if different diameters.) But the square knot that you demonstrated (or reef knot,) will work as well if you half hitch both ends. When I used to train horses, we would use the clove hitch with quick release loops like you did, but we would keep slipping additional qr loops through each other, and the last one would be straight through (not a loop) which keeps the horses from being able to untie the knot, but never tightens on itself. I had a horse who would untie a simple clove hitch in seconds, but with 2 or 3 quick release loops, and the last one straight through, in 25 years, she never untied it.
Thanks, guys.
Emily, you rock!
I'd never seen the zeppelin - awesome. 👏🏻
not me scrolling down hoping there would be more naughty jokes. great job, i will do my best to try and apply these if i remember half of them. simple, easy to explain and no bs. thanks
This is a very satisfying video to watch,
Ill have to grab me a piece of rope and watch this video again,
I just want to learn these knots so I can show off to my boating mates 😂
Greetings again. I just want to say I learned two things today. I learned how to tie these knots because I was able to slow the video, and I learned how to slow the video. I got a two for one today. Much thanks to Emily and Clark and my daughter.
I'm a whitewater rescue instructor and I'm about to make video to teach my students on specifics knots.
I would like to CONGRATULATE you Emily. This video is very well explained, easy to follow, fast markers, great animation, perfect editing, slomo, etc.
It look easy and I guess nobody realise all the time required to make theses video.
My video won't be as perfect as yours, but you hit my wildest expectation with your work!
Alex from Montréal
hey Alex, cite Emily's channel in your video
@@malcolmhodgen1767 I will, but unfortunately, my viewvers will be french speakers.
Came for a refresher on knots and stayed for capable cruiser course. Very impressed with how you present the content !
I've been using a bowline for over 50 years it is one of my go-to's. "when the rabbit goes down the hole" "I double it back and it sits at the entrance" thus creating a quick release. make sure to leave enough rope out to grip a sharp tug and waaahlaaah it is undone. when working with horses and animals under tension some knots are imposible to untie, this quick release saved my bacon from distressed horses and animals plus saved lots of time while at sea or on land hauling and tying many times over ! I'm glad i 'got knotted' at an early age!!! knowledge is no burden so 'get knotted' !!!! lol great channel keep up the good work , well done and most enjoyable !!
Thanks. Good point.
As someone who is starting out sailing on a hobie 17 you are a LIFE SAVER
Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Your very welcome
There's something inspiring in just how into knots you are! Wonderfully relaxing and clear video
I didn't know how to do the zeppelin knot and I just love how it works! Thank you
Excellent! I'm trying to secure an awning across a patio with nylon rope. I will definitely try one of these knots
Great video! The Alpine Butterfly and Zeppelin bend are my two new favorite knots, thanks!
The more you use the alpine butterfly the more will wonder how you did without it
Thank you for taking the time to share these knots.
You're welcome Murry
Another good knot to tie two lines together is a lovers knot that I love.
Nice instructional. Thank you.
Your demonstration on tying knots are simple which I appreciate 🙏
knots were great, I want or not one thing come to my mind, Hey Clark, congrat for this natural beauty
Best explanation I’ve ever seen, thank you!
I’ll tell ya. This episode was knot for me. A couple of these were knot things I knew. Knot that I mind learning new things. I did try a few of them but wound up being tied into knots.
2 pieces of string were walking down the road one said to the other, let’s go in for a drink. The other said they won’t accept us in there. You’ll sea. He went in and was asked to leave right away. The other had an idea. He twisted himself up and ruffled his hair. When he went in the bartender looked at him and said,”Aren’t you a piece of string?” With a grin he replied,”Nope...I’m a frayed knot!”
Sorry. Just had to do that. Great episode. As I’ve said before, I always something watching your videos.
Bob Uncle, you are sick. LOL.
@@normanacree1635 knot that I’m aware of🤔
Excellent. Thanks.
Love the presentation of this. Concise, complete, and with really good context. That’s not typical of a video about knots.
I know them all to some degree but learned a little something new about each knot especially the zeppelin. Now I’m inspired to practice them all again but with my eyes closed and with your tweaks.
Thanks.
Hi, very good presentation, well paced and uses review to very good effect (from a training point of view). I also learnt two Knots that I had not used before as 'promised' in the introduction. So very well done . Bye Duncan
Thank you Emily! Love and Light.
Brilliant tutorial! As a newbie sailor, I need to learn these 5 knots quick sharp! Thank you.
Hey, I loved this! Thanks! Because of you have I have these 5 knots memorized and under my belt and still playing around with making them during any down time. Yes, great break from the cellphone ;-).
Thanks Emily. Well demonstrated. A knot that I use to start a whipping or to attach a lead line is the constrictor knot. Also called the "beer bottle" knot since it won't come undone and leave your beer on the bottom.
The constrictor knot is the one I use most frequently. Of course, it fails Emily's 'must be easy to undo' rule. But it serves well as a whipping all by itself, can be cut off close after thoroughly tightened, and won't let you down.
@@Devo491 Isn't a constrictor knot the same as a clove hitch with a different name?
First time been able to understand Bowline thankyou esp V 2 also helps to use U tube slow mode Thank you
Superb video. Been out of sailing for years and its good to refresh from somneone who knows what they're doing. Thanks.
This is great. Thanks for the honest and entertaining video. I think you nailed the five necessary knots.
Clark's bowline is my all-time favorite knot, and one I've been using and teaching for far more than fifty years. I first taught myself to tie this one to be used in cave diving. With fifteen minutes of practice, this can be tied underwater while wearing gloves in the dark, since it can be tied without letting go of the line. (Yeah, people have told me for years that it isn't possible to tie a bowline without letting go, and I love proving them wrong.) It's also called a "sheet bend" or a "short-end sheet bend" depending on the use and method of tying. Another common name is the "flying bowline" when tied in heavy lines.
I look forward to watching more from both of you. Keep sailing!
You are the first other person who I've heard of that can tie a bowline that way. I teach kids this way too. -Clark
best knot tutorial ive seen as yet. well done very impressive
I like your new saying with the Bowline knot some people can do it with one hand I’ve tried but no can do. LOL
Nice technique, nice presentation, nice demonstration, nice explanation. Very well done. Thank You.
Thank you. I’m new to sailing besides sailing with my dad on San Francisco Bay. You made this knot tying very simple. Thank you.
Great explanations! Since I forget things easily, I use simple variations of the figure 8 knot for four of the five applications you mention in this video: as a stopper as you showed, as a loop anywhere in the line, and as a bend for ropes of a similar diameter.
Very good video. You made it as easy as possible to teach us how to tie those knots. You couldn't have done it any easier. Thank you very much. Please continue to make and post videos. 😊 👍
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Thanks Emily, great tutorial! Looking forward to seeing ones on splicing and whipping too.
Excellent clear video. Love the instant review of each knot.
That Alpine Butterfly knot is GREAT! Way better than a trucker's hitch which doesn't untie easily.
Truckers hitch undoes itself, it comes undone automatically which is why truckers used it when they secured loads with rope. Now that shows my age , I can remember when truckers secured loads with rope!. but back to the hitch. the loop you pull through and hook on something to tension, all you do is release that and pull the loop out using the free end and the knot then disassembled all on it's own. I have never, and can not think of any circumstance where I would even consider using it on a boat. So yes I am learning this as it could be usefull on a boat.
@@davidclark2286 We might be talking about different knots. This is the "truckers hitch" I'm referring to: th-cam.com/video/W86XNUmElP4/w-d-xo.html
@@HoboSailor yes you are right, on the clip you referred to, the way it was presented i could not see truckers using it so I looked at a few others. It probably all comes down to american and european trucks being different, european trucks have hooks or pins to secure to. On the other clips I looked at it appears american trucks seem to have rails, rings or.eyes. However one did show how to undo that first loop that appears to lock, having dismantled the rest of the knot you snap or pull both ends of the rope apart. I'm guessing that will still work after a few days, truckers wouldn't use a hitch that left a jammed knot in there ropes.
Dear Emily, thanks a lot you described it so easy-to-use!
I’m keeping this video for my next time on the boat 👍
Well done - I learnt a new useful knot. I use the "Rolling Hitch" a lot both at sea and on land, it is extremely useful and fits the 'easy to undo' criteria.
As an old roughneck I used all these knots but the one I depended on, the clove hitch, for my life many times tieing a 12X 2 stabbing board off in the derrick to run casing. Great video.
Very nicely done presentation for clarity. Congrats. Its wonderful to see useful advice out there but without clarity theres no point. Look forwardto seeing more
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My boat can sail in 5 knots. A folding prop really helps!
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