Title: Knots You Need to Know: Easy-to-Follow Guide to the 30 Most Useful Knots (Fox Chapel Publishing) Beginner-Friendly Knot Tying - Easy Step-by-Step Instructions, Photos, and Diagrams (The Handy Boater)
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
Publication Date: 2011
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1565235894
ISBN 13: 9781565235892
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Acceptable

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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 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.

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