EP11: Round Turn Two-Half Hitches
25 Basic Sailing Knots with Brion Toss Playlist
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Educational, Short Films, Sports, G, 04-Aug-2024
A round turn and two half hitches is an ancient sailor's knot. The saying goes, a round turn and two half hitches never fail. But with today's modern springing ropes, it's much more likely the first hitch will work loose and fall apart, and the whole thing will come undone. So it's a good basic utility hitch, but should be used carefully, especially on modern rope. And here's how you tie it.
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EP12: Rolling Hitch
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EP13: Icicle Hitch
The Rolling Hitch family and all of its variations have been around for millennia and have adapted pretty well to modern applications and high loads. But if you get a really high load on a really slick object with really slick rope, they will slip. Worse than that, they tend to kink lines that th...
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EP14: Pilingspike Hitch
Super strong modern rope is smaller diameter for the same load making them really hard to hang on to. If you're doing lashings, you just can't pull hard enough without hurting your hands. You've got to add a handle to the rope. That's where the Pilingspike Hitch comes in.
