Best "Permanent" Knot?

[US27inKS]

Originally Posted by Cruisingdad

Ever tied a Monkey's fist? I think thta is the name. It is a fun knot and great for throwing.

- CD

If you put a rock in the middle, you can throw a knot that will leave a knot.

[SEMIJim]

Originally Posted by Cruisingdad

Ever tied a Monkey's fist? I think thta is the name. It is a fun knot and great for throwing.

Kind of. I don't have quite the right sizes of line and a little ball to go into the middle to make it work.

I have a couple of knot books The Admiral gave me Christmas last. I went through both of them, reading about every knot and trying most of them.

Jim

[SEMIJim]

Originally Posted by camaraderie

If it is polyprop which is likely...it will degrade quickly in UV light. Keep all of it covered when not in use.

I need to got back to the store and get the information on this rope to find out just what it is.

Thanks for the caution.

Jim

[SEMIJim]

I did use an anchor bend (aka: fisherman's bend) on the anchors, and stitched the bitter end to the standing end with a bit of whipping twine to make sure it'd stay put down there in the water. But on the two throwables I used an angler's loop (aka: perfection loop), instead. The throwable for the little stink-boat is just one of those rectangular cushions--there's no actual ring, so an anchor bend wouldn't have worked well on that. And the ring on Abracadabra's throwable isn't big enough for the knot. The anger's/perfection loop is a very neat knot. Very secure. In fact: It tends to jam, which suits me just fine .

As for the rope: The "rope guy" at the WM store (an accomplished sailor, btw) said it was Dacron. Oh yeah: And it doesn't float

Jim

[Boasun]

Use a Fisherman's Bend and sieze the bitter end to the standing part. That will hold your anchor and then some.
But if you are in doubt; Then use the studing sail bend as presented in the Ashley's book of knots and that will hold your anchor also.

[imagine2frolic]

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Have fun tying stuff up........i2f

[RichH]

If you want a knot that will NOT come loose or untie, then consider the 'constrictor' or "double constrictor knot". A variant is the 'strangle knot'.

Constrictor knot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia