Basic Knot Tying

AGMSI ROVER TRAINING 2020

DEFINITION OF TERMS
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• The Bowline – Used to make a

fixed line at the end of the rope
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• The Square Knot – Used to

secure a rope around an
objector another rope.
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• Two Half Hitches– Used to

fasten a rope temporarily to a
post, hook, or ring.
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• Sheet Bend– Joining two
ropes of different diameters
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• Taut-line Hitch– an adjustable
loop knot for use on lines
under tension.
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• Clove Hitch– two successive
half-hitches around an object.
It is most effectively used as a
crossing knot.
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• Timber Hitch– Used to attach a
rope to a log. This knot
tightens under strain
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• Figure 8 knot– General-
purpose stopper knot.
Replaces the common
overhand knot