07-04-2007
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Last Grumpy Old Sailor
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: S.E. Michigan, USA
Posts: 2,593
Rep Power: 6
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Originally Posted by sailingdog
Adding a half hitch to the tail of many knots will make them a good deal more secure.
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Indeed. My wife showed me how her family used to tie up the family yacht to pilings: A clove hitch with a half hitch atop it. I've got a short piece of plastice pipe I'm using for practice. The clove hitch alone isn't very secure on that. (It's slippery.) But adding that half hitch makes it quite secure.
Jim
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