Knots You Need to Know: Easy-to-Follow Guide to the 30 Most Useful Knots (Fox Chapel Publishing) Beginner Knot Tying Book with Easy Step-by-Step Instructions, Photos, and Diagrams (The Handy Boater) - Softcover

Skills Institute Press

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1565235894 ISBN 13: 9781565235892

Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

The easy beginner's guide to knot tying!

• 30 useful knots including the figure eight, square knot, bowline, clove hitch, becket hitch, and more
• Step-by-step photos, instructions, and diagrams for basic, utilitarian knots
• How to secure lines with easy bends and hitches, plus make a rope ladder and braided rope lanyard
• The perfect gift for Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, aspiring sailors, campers, hikers, boaters, and outdoor enthusiasts

Learn the ropes of knot-tying with this helpful guidebook!

Rope is a boater's most essential tool. Knowing the proper way to tie knots with it — whether to keep an anchor in place, provide a skipper with a firm grip on the helm, or secure the tack of a sail — is an important part of spending time on the water. This beginner-friendly, fully illustrated guide from The Handy Boater series will teach you how to tie a variety of functional knots with easy-to-follow instructions, detailed illustrations, and photos.

Learn all the essential knots you need to know to head out in your rowboat, sailboat, or motorboat, including:

• The Matthew Walker
• Figure Eight Knot
• Tack Knot
• Turk's Head Knot
• Wall Knot
• Reef Knot
• Monkey's Fist Knot
• Crown Knot
• Portuguese Bowline Knot
• Jug Sling Knot
• And more!

In addition, you'll learn how to secure lines with easy bends and hitches, learn splicing (how to loop or combine ropes permanently), learn techniques for whipping, and find instructions for making a rope ladder and a braided rope lanyard.

With a little practice and Knots You Need to Know on your side, you'll soon be able to tie the strongest knots!

About this title

About the Author

John Kelsey is a journalist and editor specializing in woodworking and furniture making. He has a degree in woodworking and furniture design from the School for American Craft at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He is a former editor in chief of Fine Woodworking magazine and a publisher of woodworking and home building books at the Taunton Press. He is the author of Furniture Projects for the Deck and Lawn. He lives in Newtown, Connecticut.

From the Back Cover

Learn the Ropes of Knot Tying

Rope is a boater's most essential tool and knowing the proper way to tie knots with it — whether to keep an anchor in place, provide a skipper with a firm grip on the helm, or secure the tack of a sail — is an important part of spending time on the water.

The Handy Boater: Knots You Need to Know will teach you how to tie a variety of functional knots with easy-to-follow instructions, and detailed illustrations and photos. Nine of the most important utilitarian knots are included, such as the Figure Eight, the Square Knot, a Portuguese Bowline, a Jug Sling, the Monkey's Fist, the Turk's Head, the Matthew Walker, the Wall Knot, the Crown Knot, and the Tack Knot. Also included are instructions for making a rope ladder and a braided rope lanyard. If you are a sailor, you will also learn how to secure lines with easy bends and hitches. With a little practice, learning how to tie the strongest knot can be mastered by anyone.

Edition details

• Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1565235894
• ISBN 13: 9781565235892
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 96