best knot for tying up

[sailingforever]

a sliding noose isn't in my knot book.

do you have any ideas where I could get some instruction?

[RichH]

The simple form is simply pass the standing end through the eye .... which makes a loop, then throw it over a piling and pull tight.

[Jeff_H]

The strength of the knot (or splice) is a bit of a red herring. Modern line is sized not by breaking or working strength, but to provide adequate reserves after chafe and sun rot. Any decent knot will provide adequate strength. A good knot will minimize movement and chafe, as well as allow adjustment of the line.

What is nice about the passing the standing end of the line through an eyesplice, with or without the extra loops around the piling is that the line can be adjusted from on board the boat. That works best on transient slips. In your home slip, I prefer having the eyesplices on board at a preadjusted position so that I can quickly get them on cleats in the right position when I am single-handing.

My gripe with tying up to a piling or bollard by looping the line a couple times around a post and then passing the standing end of the line through an eyesplice is that the line loosens and tightens as the boat moves allowing the line to chafe and work its way down the piling.

Jeff

[Grumpy#3]

Do it the old Navy way.
Two round turns and a half hitch.

[sailingforever]

I'll have to try them all

[administrator]

Originally Posted by Grumpy#3

Do it the old Navy way.
Two round turns and a half hitch.

yes, the double-round with a half hitch is my all time favorite - I can't remember the last time it let me down - if ever.