Clove Hitch Used to Hang Fender
Here's an example of how the clove hitch is used to tie a fender to a boat's rail. A clove hitch can also be used to tie a dock line around a post.
Rolling Hitch
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HITCH: A knot used to secure a rope to another object or to another rope, or to form a loop or a noose in a rope.
HOIST: To raise aloft
HOLD: A compartment below deck in a large vessel, used solely for carrying cargo.
HULL : The main body of a vessel.
CLOVE HITCH: A knot for temporarily fastening a line to a spar or piling.
COACH ROOF: The structure of the cabin top where it stands proud of the deck.
hitch
Steel framework on a tow vehicle used to hook up a trailer.
hitch ball
The ball-shaped component of the hitch that fits into the trailer coupler.
Hitchment Cargo
An amount of goods which is added to an original consignment as the owner and the destination are the same as those of the original consignment.
hitch - A knot used to attach a line to a cleat or other object.
holding ground - The type of bottom that the anchor is setset in.
holding tank - A storage tank where sewage is stored until it can be removed to a treatment facility.
Hitch To make a rope fast to a spar or stay, but not to another rope.
Holding Ground The type of bottom for anchor, i.e. good or bad holding ground.
Holiday An unpainted or unvarnished spot in a vessel.
hitch - A knot used to attach a rope to an object, such as a cleat, spar or ring. A hitch is also a short tack or board made in close-hauled sailing.
Hitch:
(1) A knot used to secure a line to another object such as a ring or cylindrical object or to another line;
(2) Common term for an enlistment.
half hitch A single underhand loop used to fasten a rope to a post or other stationary object halyard A rope or wire used for hoisting sails hand A member of the crew hank To attach to a stay hanks Metal hooks or fittings sewn ...
Half-hitch: The simplest knot, usually part of another knot, as two half hitches or a fisherman's bend.
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Clove hitch- A knot used for mooring a boat.
Come about- To bring the sail from one side of the boat to the other, when sailing into the wind, A maneuver in tacking.
Companionway- A stairway leading form deck to cabin.
Clove Hitch
The clove hitch is used to temporarily attach a rope to a pole, a pier or any other object.
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cleat hitch
A figure eight pattern used to tie a line to a cleat.
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Clove Hitch: Used to tie a line to a piling or a fender to a railing, it is easy to adjust the length of the line.
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Rolling Hitch ( or Magnus Hitch ): In the right hand picture, the knot on the top is defined by Ashley and most US knotting books as a rolling Hitch.
The clove hitch is used for making a line fast temporarily to a pile or bollard.
Here is how to make fast to a horn cleat.
1. To tie a cleat hitch, wrap your line three-quarters of the way around the base of the cleat.
Half Hitch
A simple knot usually used with another knot or half hitch.
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TIMBER HITCH
Pass the end of a rope round the spar, then round the standing part, then several times round its own part C against the lay of the rope.
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Rolling Hitch - Clove Hitch with two wraps around the bar or rope before knotting
Rudder - Flat board which redirects aims current or propeller wash to steer a boat ...
class IV hitch
Frame-mounted trailer hitch with a weight-carrying capacity of up to 10,000 pounds.
cleat
Hardware piece on a boat or a dock to which lines are attached.
Frame mounted hitch
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Tying knots or hitches in the same place often will cause that part of the line to weaken. Occasionally switch the line ends (like rotating your tires) and try to tie knots and hitches in different areas of the line.
Half Hitch - A single turn of line around an object with the end being led back through the bight. It's the basis upon which many nautical knots are constructed.
clove hitch: two half hitches. clutter: unwanted reflections on a radar screen, commonly from rain, snow or sleet. coach roof (also trunk): the cabin roof, raised above the deck to provide headroom in the cabin.
clove hitch -- two half hitches
Coach roof Also trunk. The cabin roof, raised above the deck to provide headroom in the cabin.
coaming -- the raised border around the cockpit, or a hatch to keep out water.
Clove Hitch: Common knot; often used to bind a rope to a piling
Close reach: Steering off a close-hauled course by approximately 20 degrees
Close-hauled: To sail a boat as close to the wind as possible ...
clove hitch -- two half hitches
coaming -- the raised border around the cockpit, or a hatch to keep out water
companionway -- staircase that leads to the cabin
course -- compass heading or the angle of the boat in sailing against the wind ...
BELAY - Secure a line without a knot or hitch. Also, command to stop or cease action.
BELOW - Beneath the deck.
BEND - Secure a sail fast to a spar or stay. Also, know to secure a line to another line or object such as an anchor. ...
BIGHT - The part of the rope or line, between the end and the standing part, on which a knot is formed or the loop formed by a rope when a knot or hitch is being made.
BILGE - The interior of the hull below the floor boards.
tongue weightThe measurement of trailer weight when loaded with a boat on the hitch ball. topsidesThe hull above the waterline. Also, everything above deck as opposed to below deck. tow ratingMaximum weight a vehicle is rated to tow.
A Classic: The Clove Hitch Very simple "utility" knot. Fast to tie, can be done vertical or flat. Use it to tie up your boat or dinghy to a post, and a must to tie your fenders to your lifelines.
The coupler size must match the size of the ball hitch. Never use a ball hitch that is too small.
Tongue weight should be 7% - 10% of the combined weight of the vessel and trailer. Too much tongue weight causes "tail dragging" of the towing vehicle.
For example put a bowline hitch in the end of the line, thread it through the after reef cringle, then through a hole in the end of the boom (the clew outhaul shackle will serve) and back foreward through the bowline loop, ...
Traditionally they are secured to the sail with buntline hitches.[1] Since buntlines only have to lift a section of canvas, they can be thinner than the clewlines and are not usually fitted with a purchase.
Technically there are three types of knot: the loop knot, which makes loops; the bend, which ties lines together; and the hitch, which secures a line to an anchor, bitt, or other object.
Adjusting Tension on Houseboat: Using the bitter end of the shore line, adjust tension at the cleat and secure using a cleat hitch. Otherwise use the windlass or hand winch to take the tension out.
Sheet Bend - A bend or hitch used for temporarily fastening a rope to the bight of another rope or to a eye.
Sheet in the Wind (A) or A Sheet in the Wind - Sailors slang for half drunk.
To secure a line, or make fast without a knot or hitch.
Bend
Secure a sail fast to a spar or stay. Also, knot to secure a line to another line or object such as an anchor.
The full-roach main went up without a hitch thanks to the electric winch and the lack of a backstay. We jibed, gaining way promptly, and then unfurled the small fractional jib controlled by a self-vanging Hoyt jib boom.
Hitch A knot used to attach a line to a cleat or other object. Horizon Where the water and sky or ground and sky appear to intersect. Hull The main structural body of the boat, not including the deck, keel, mast, or cabin.
 See also: Boat, Deck, Anchor, Point, Rope
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