Fishing knots. Nautical knots Nautical knots loop

This is the simplest loop of all existing non-tightening loops. It is knitted with a simple knot at the end of the rope, folded in half. The oak loop is strong and secure, but greatly weakens the cable by bending it. Unlike the oak knot, it can be used on synthetic rope. Its only drawback is that it is very tight and very difficult to untie.

If, by tying an oak loop, an additional hose is made with the running end folded in half, then you get a loop that will be a little easier to untie (hereinafter, the working loop is indicated in the diagrams with a cross). It is used for thin fishing lines.

Knotted in a figure-eight on a cable folded in half, it is a strong and easily untied loop at the end of the cable. The Flemish loop is suitable for knitting on both thick and thin cables. It almost does not weaken the strength of the cable. Used for attaching strings musical instruments and other purposes.

Archaeological finds indicate that this method of tying a loop is one of the oldest. Long before our era, people on different continents of the Earth attached a bowstring to a bow in this way. An additional knot at the end of the walking cable serves as a stopper, which, when pulled, does not allow it to slip out of the loop of the knot. Honda is American name such a loop. Until now, cowboys in Mexico and the southern states of the United States use it for knitting lasso.

The Eskimos used this loop to attach the bowstring to the bow. The official name for this loop is "Eskimo Bowstring Knot". It has an important property for this purpose; its size can be changed after the knot is already tied. When tensioned by the root end of the cable, the loop remains motionless.

The knot with which this fixed loop is knitted at the end of the cable is simple, reliable and does not slip even on the thinnest synthetic fishing line. The perfect loop is very popular with anglers abroad.

Often it is called the English loop or the fisherman's fire. It can be tied both at the end and in the middle of the cable. When tightening, the knots need to be brought together. This loop is widely used by anglers. Sailors use it instead of a factory fire when a mooring cable breaks and in cases where it is necessary to securely fasten the cable to an object.

English sailors call it a harness loop or a Pushkar knot. Apparently, the sailors borrowed it from the gunners, who used it in those cases when they had to harness additional horses or soldiers to the team. This loop can be made both at the end of the cable and in its middle. Burlatskaya loop is designed for the application of traction in any direction. It ties easily and holds securely. True, before a load is applied to the loop, it should be tightly tightened with your hands, since with a sharp pull it tends to turn over and slide along the cable for some time. A few loops tied in this way will help to pull out a car stuck in the mud, allow you to climb to a height or go down a steep cliff.

Just like burlatskaya, riding loop designed for pull in any direction and can be tied in the middle of the cable. She knits more in a complicated way than the burlatskaya loop, but it is more durable and reliable.

People not familiar with nautical terminology may think that the name "arbor knot" comes from the verb "to chat" or from the noun "arbor". In our maritime language, the name of this node comes from the "gazebo", but not from the usual, but from the marine arbor, which is a small wooden board - a platform that serves to lift a person onto the mast or lower the ship overboard during painting or other work. This board with the help of cables is attached to the lifting cable with a special knot, which is called the gazebo knot. Its second name is bowline. It originated from English term"bouline", denoting the tackle, which is used to pull the windward side luff of the lower straight sail. This tackle is knitted to the leech of the sail with a "booline knot", or simply a "booline". It makes sense to dwell on this node in more detail. Indeed, he is admired by all who deal with cables and viscous knots. This is one of the oldest and most amazing knots ever invented by man. Archaeologists testify that the gazebo was known to the ancient Egyptians and Phoenicians for 3000 years BC. Not every sea knot can be compared with it in the number of positive properties that it possesses. Given the scope of its application and excellent qualities, the gazebo is rightfully awarded the royal title in a huge dynasty of marine and non-marine knots. By appearance it looks like a weaving knot, but its running end does not go into the loop of the other end, but into the loop of its root end. The gazebo, despite its amazing compactness, simultaneously contains elements simple knot, half-bayonet, weaving and straight knots. The elements of all these nodes in a certain combination give the gazebo node the right to be called universal. It is surprisingly easy to knit, even with strong traction it never tightens "tightly", does not spoil the cable, never slides along the cable, does not untie itself and is easily untied when needed. The main purpose of the gazebo is to tie a person with a cable under the armpits as a means of insurance when climbing to a height, lowering overboard or in a smoky room during a fire on board a ship. You can insert a gazebo into the non-tightening loop of this knot. A loop tied with a gazebo knot on the mooring line reliably serves as a fire. This knot can be successfully used to tie two cables of any diameter or to tie a thick vegetable cable with a steel one (in this case, the cables are connected by loops, and the knots are knitted at their root ends). Of all the ways of tying two cables from different material(for example, hemp and steel, dacron and manila), a connection using two arbor knots with loops will be the most reliable. It can be used for mooring and for attaching the cable to the hook. The reader is offered the most rational and simplest way of knitting. Always in life. the ability to quickly tie a bow knot around your waist can come in handy. You need to be able to do this with one hand with one continuous movement of the brush, in the dark, in 2 - 3 seconds. It's not hard to learn this at all. Grab the root end of the cable left hand, encircle the running end behind you around your waist with your right. Take the running end in your right hand and, stepping back about 10 centimeters from its end, hold it in your fist. Take the root end in the left hand and stretch the left hand forward. Now, having the root end of the cable slightly taut, with the right brush with the running end clamped in it, go around the root end of the cable from top to bottom towards you and up away from you. Try to make such a movement with the brush so that it does not completely fall into the loop. Next, wrap the running end around the stretched root end to the left, intercept it with the thumb and forefinger of the right hand. Pulling the right hand out of the loop, simultaneously push the running end into the small loop. Holding the running end with the right hand, pull the root end with the tape. After doing this several times in a row, you will learn how to tie a bow knot on yourself, in the dark or with your eyes closed. Imagine the following situation: you find yourself over the side of the ship in the water, they throw you a line from the deck, along which you cannot climb up, because it is slippery. By tying a harness knot around your waist and moving the resulting armpit loop, you can ensure that you are safely pulled out of the water onto the deck. This magnificent knot has saved the lives of sailors more than once. To untie the gazebo knot, just move the loop a little running end along the weakened root part of the cable.

This knot, which has two non-stretching loops, is used instead of a gazebo for lifting a person to a height, for lifting or lowering a person who has lost consciousness, and in other cases. When knitting a knot, one of the loops is made almost half the size of the other. A person sits in one loop, the second loop wraps around his torso under the armpits. This allows him, having risen to a height, to work with both hands. In marine practice, there are several ways to tie a double bow knot. Let's explain the simplest one. The knot is knitted with a cable folded in half. After entering the running end into the small loop of the knot, it needs to be pulled out a little and, encircled around the large loop, moved to the top of the knot. Holding the root of the cable with one hand, pull down the right side of the large double loop with the other hand. After that, the knot will tighten and be ready for use.

It was also used on the tops of the masts of sailing ships instead of yokes with butts (forged rings with staples) for fastening backstays and stays. This knot was used for fastening temporary guys when installing masts and driving piles. In English, the name of this knot is "Shamrock Knot", which means shamrock (hare cabbage or sour), which is the emblem of Ireland. The knot can be used on the shore for attaching flagpoles and antennas, masts, trees - seedlings, etc. If you have a jug, the neck of which has a more or less large protrusion, using the top knot, you can make a convenient handle for it. But best of all, use this knot to carry watermelons and large melons. After all, once on military sailing ships it was used to carry nuclei. From a piece of any cable 2 meters long, a reliable basket for the largest watermelon is obtained. At the same time, the knot should not be completely tightened, and its three loops should be tied with two free ends. Of the four known ways of knitting this top knot, the one shown in the diagram is considered the best.

Such a romantic name was given to this knot by sailors of the distant past. Sometimes it is called "sea cross". In essence, this is also a top knot, but of a different knitting method and principle. If you pull out three loops, it will turn out to be a cross in shape. It was used earlier for the same purposes as the top node.

Bowline . (photo: brig-club.ru)

People not familiar with nautical terminology may think that the name "arbor knot" comes from the verb "to chat" or from the noun "arbor". In the maritime language, the name of this node comes from the "gazebo", but not from the usual, but from the marine arbor, which is a small wooden board - a platform that serves to lift a person onto the mast or lower it overboard during painting or other work. This board with the help of cables is attached to the lifting cable with a special knot, which is called the gazebo knot. Its second name is bowline. It comes from the English term "bowline", denoting tackle, which is used to pull the windward leech of the lower straight sail. This tackle is knitted to the leech of the sail with a bowline knot, or simply a bowline.

This is one of the oldest and most amazing knots ever invented by man. Archaeologists testify that the gazebo was known to the ancient Egyptians and Phoenicians for 3000 years BC. The arbor knot, despite its amazing compactness, simultaneously contains elements of a simple knot, half-bayonet, weaving and straight knots. The elements of all these nodes in a certain combination give the gazebo node the right to be called universal. It is surprisingly easy to knit, even with strong traction it never tightens "tightly", does not spoil the cable, never slides along the cable, does not untie itself and is easily untied when needed. The main purpose of the gazebo is to tie a person with a cable under the armpits as a means of insurance when climbing to a height, lowering overboard or in a smoky room during a fire on board a ship. You can insert a gazebo into the non-tightening loop of this knot.

The easiest knitting method. Always in life. the ability to quickly tie a bow knot around your waist can come in handy. You need to be able to do this with one hand with one continuous movement of the brush, in the dark, in 2 - 3 seconds. It's not hard to learn this at all.

Take the root end of the cable in your left hand, with your right hand encircle the running end behind you around your waist. Take the running end in your right hand and, stepping back about 10 centimeters from its end, hold it in your fist. Take the root end in the left hand and stretch the left hand forward. Now, having the root end of the cable slightly taut, with the right brush with the running end clamped in it, go around the root end of the cable from top to bottom towards you and up away from you. Try to make such a movement with the brush so that it does not completely fall into the loop. Next, wrap the running end around the stretched root end to the left, intercept it with the thumb and forefinger of the right hand. Pulling the right hand out of the loop, simultaneously push the running end into the small loop. Holding the running end with the right hand, pull the root end with the tape. After doing this several times in a row, you will learn how to tie a bow knot on yourself, in the dark or with your eyes closed. Imagine the following situation: you find yourself over the side of the ship in the water, they throw you a line from the deck, along which you cannot climb up, because it is slippery. By tying a harness knot around your waist and moving the resulting armpit loop, you can ensure that you are safely pulled out of the water onto the deck. This magnificent knot has saved the lives of sailors more than once. To untie the gazebo knot, it is enough to slightly move the loop of the running end along the weakened root of the cable.

(photo: kakimenno.ru)

Works just like a regular bowline. It is used in cases where it is necessary to tie two loops at one end at once. For example, lifting an injured person. Then the victim's legs are threaded into loops, and a half-bayonet is knitted around the chest under the armpits with the root end. then the person will not fall out anywhere, even if he is unconscious.

Knot "eight".

"Eight" . (photo: brig-club.ru)

This knot is considered a classic. It forms the basis of a dozen other, more complex nodes for various purposes. In the form in which it is shown here, this knot in maritime affairs serves as an excellent stopper at the end of the cable so that the latter does not splash out of the block pulley. Unlike a simple knot, even with strong traction, it does not spoil the cable and can always be easily untied. To tie the figure eight, it is necessary to encircle the running end of the cable around the main one and then pass it into the loop formed, but not immediately, as in a simple knot, but first winding it for yourself. This knot can be applied to the rope handles of a wooden pail or bucket if the rope passes through the two holes on the protruding ends of the wooden staves. In this case, passing the rope through both holes, at its ends with outside parties rivets are tied in a figure eight. With two figure eights, you can securely attach the rope to the children's sled. To prevent the hand from slipping off the end of the dog leash, we advise you to tie a figure eight. In addition, it serves well for attaching strings to the tuning pegs of violins, guitars, mandolins, balalaikas and other musical instruments.

The figure-eight knot is very easy to knit and can be done with just one hand.

1. Perform the first stick.
2. Then pass the running end under the root.
3. Pass it through the first peg and tighten the knot.

Dagger Knot. Knot for tying two cables or ropes.

It is considered one of the best knots for tying two large diameter cables. It is not very complicated in its scheme and is quite compact when tightened. It is most convenient to tie it if you first lay the running end of the cable in the form of a figure of the number 8 on top of the main one. After that, thread the elongated running end of the second cable into loops, pass it under the middle intersection of the figure-eight and bring it out over the second intersection of the first cable. Next, the running end of the second cable must be passed under the root end of the first cable and inserted into the figure-eight loop, as the arrow indicates. When the knot is tightened, the two running ends of both cables stick out in different directions. The dagger knot is easy to untie if one of the extreme loops is loosened.

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Archaeological finds indicate that the Egyptians used it about three thousand years before our era. The ancient Greeks and Romans called it Nodus Hercules - the Hercules or Hercules knot, because the mythical hero Hercules tied the front paws of the skin of the lion he had killed on his chest with it. The Romans used the straight knot to stitch wounds and heal broken bones. It consists of two half-knots, sequentially tied one on top of the other in different directions. This is the usual easiest way to knit it. Sailors, who have been using this knot since ancient times to tie cables, use a different knitting method. Weavers who use a straight knot to bind broken threads of yarn tie it in their own way, in a special, convenient way for them.

With heavy loads on the tied cables, as well as when the cables get wet, the straight knot is strongly tightened. How can a straight (reef) knot be untied, which is so tightened that it cannot be untied and will have to be cut. A straight knot, even wet and tightly tightened, is untied very simply, in 1 - 2 seconds.

Take ends A and B in your left hand, and ends C and D in your right hand. Pull them strongly in different directions and tighten the knot as tight as possible. After that, take the root end A in your left hand (so that it does not slip out of the hand, make a couple of hoses around the palm). Take the running end B in your right hand (you can also wrap it around your palm.). Pull the ends sharply and strongly in different directions. Without releasing end A from your left hand, hold the rest of the knot in your fist with your right hand, holding it with your thumb and forefinger. Pull root end A to the left side - the knot is untied. The whole secret lies in the fact that when the ends of A and B are jerked in different directions, the straight knot turns into two half-bayonets and completely loses all its properties. It is also easily untied if you take the root end D in your right hand and pull the running end B strongly to the left. Only in this case, the end of G must then be pulled to the right, and the rest of the knot (half bayonets) to the left. When untying a straight knot in this way, remember that if you pulled the running end to the right, pull the root to the left and vice versa. When untying a straight knot, one should not forget that with what force it was tightened, it is necessary to pull one of its running ends with the same force.

Fishing bayonet, anchor knot.

A very reliable node.
One of the most critical cases of using a knot in maritime business is tying an anchor rope to an anchor. For five thousand years of the existence of shipping, people for this purpose could not come up with a more reliable knot than this one. Proven by centuries of experience in maritime practice, this knot is recognized by sailors of all countries as the most reliable for attaching a rope to an eye or to an anchor bracket. The fishing bayonet (or anchor knot) is somewhat similar to a simple bayonet with a hose. It differs from it in that the first of the two half-bayonets passes additionally inside the hose that wraps around the object. When using this knot for anchoring, it is always necessary to grab the running end with a scrum to the root. In this case, even with a very strong pull, the fishing bayonet does not tighten and holds securely. It is fashionable to safely use it in all cases when working with cables, when they are subject to strong traction.

This knot is also called the scaffold or "hanging" knot. But despite this, it also finds other uses in maritime affairs. It is used for temporary fastening of a cable for objects floating in the water or for throwing and fastening a cable for any object on the shore. This knot has an advantage even over such a good knot as a half-bayonet garrote, in that the running end of the cable cannot slip out of the loop, and therefore a tightening garrote is considered more reliable. On sailboats, this knot was used to fasten the root ends of the mars-sheets and mars-git and other gear in cases where it was necessary to have these ends ready for recoil. To tie this knot, the cable is laid in the form of two loops of the same size. Both loops are surrounded several times with the running end of the cable, after which this end is passed into the loop facing the root of the cable, and, pulling out the extreme loop, they are clamped in it. A tightening noose can always be easily untied by pulling on the root of the cable. This gloomy knot can be used well in maritime affairs in two ways. Firstly, according to the scheme of its knitting, it is convenient to store the cable in the form of a compact bay. By making this knot without a loop at the running end of the throwing end, you will get excellent heaviness. If you find it not heavy enough, dip it in water before use.

It has long been considered one of the most reliable knots for tying cables of different thicknesses. They even tied anchor hemp ropes and mooring lines. Having eight weaves, the flat knot never tightens too much, does not creep and does not spoil the cable, since it does not have sharp bends, and the load on the cables is evenly distributed over the knot. After removing the load on the cable, this knot is easy to untie. The principle of a flat knot lies in its shape: it is really flat, and this makes it possible to choose the cables connected by it on the drums of capstans and windlasses, on the welps of which its shape does not interfere with the even overlap of subsequent hoses.

In marine practice, there are two options for knitting this knot: a loose knot with tacking of its free running ends to the root or half-bayonets at their ends and without such a tack when the knot is tightened. A flat knot tied in the first way (in this form it is called a Josephine knot) on two cables of different thicknesses almost does not change its shape even with very high traction and is easily untied when the load is removed. The second knitting method is used for tying thinner than anchor ropes and mooring lines, cables, with the same or almost the same thickness. At the same time, it is recommended to first tighten the tied flat knot with your hands so that it does not twist with a sharp pull. After that, when a load is given to the connected cable, the knot crawls and twists for some time, but, having stopped, it holds firmly. It is untied without much effort by shifting the loops covering the root ends. As already mentioned, a flat knot has eight intersections of cables and, it would seem that it can be tied in different ways, there are 256 different options for tying it. But practice shows that not every knot from this number, tied according to the principle of a flat knot (alternating intersection of opposite ends from under and over), will hold securely. Ninety percent of them are unreliable, and some are even dangerous for tying cables designed for strong traction. Its principle depends on changing the sequence of intersection of the connected cables in a flat knot, and it is enough to slightly change this order, as the knot receives other negative qualities. Before putting this knot into practice for any important business, you must first remember exactly its scheme and tie the cables exactly along it without any, even the most insignificant deviations. Only in this case, the flat knot will serve you faithfully and will not let you down.

This knot creates a very good loop. For attaching leashes using the loop-in-loop method. I always use it to connect the thick end of the leader to the fly line. With proper knitting, a straight line with the main fishing line is provided.

Consider how to tie an improved loop:

1. We make a loop, passing the end under the main fishing line

2. We make the second loop, also passing it under the main fishing line

3. It lies on top of the first loop, the end passes under the main fishing line.

4. Skip the end between the resulting loops

5. Now we pass the second (upper loop) through the lower (first)

We tighten the finished knot and cut off the excess fishing line

It is very convenient to tighten such fishing knots by throwing a loop on some firmly fixed post and pulling on the main fishing line. There are other knot options to tie a loop on the line, but this knot is ideal for thick lines and gives a "straight" loop relative to the main line. Having made such a knot on a leash, it is fashionable to connect it "loop to loop" with the main fishing line and quickly change the leashes if necessary.

For reliability, a knot connected from a monofilament or flurcarbon can be fixed with a special glue that hardens under the influence of ultraviolet radiation.

Sometimes it becomes necessary to connect two fishing lines with other knots than a loop into a loop:

• Blood Knot (Difficult to knit and designed for close section lines)

People not familiar with nautical terminology may think that the name "arbor knot" comes from the verb "to chat" or from the noun "arbor". In our maritime language, the name of this node comes from the "gazebo", but not from the usual, but from the marine arbor, which is a small wooden board - a platform that serves to lift a person onto the mast or lower the ship overboard during painting or other work. This board with the help of cables is attached to the lifting cable with a special knot, which is called the gazebo knot. Its second name is bowline. It comes from the English term "bowline", denoting tackle, which is used to pull the windward leech of the lower straight sail. This tackle is knitted to the leech of the sail with a "booline knot", or simply a "booline". It makes sense to dwell on this node in more detail. Indeed, he is admired by all who deal with cables and viscous knots. This is one of the oldest and most amazing knots ever invented by man. Archaeologists testify that the gazebo was known to the ancient Egyptians and Phoenicians for 3000 years BC. Not every sea knot can be compared with it in the number of positive properties that it possesses. Given the scope of its application and excellent qualities, the gazebo is rightfully awarded the royal title in a huge dynasty of marine and non-marine knots. In appearance, it looks like a weaving knot, but its running end does not go into the loop of the other end, but into the loop of its root end. The arbor knot, despite its amazing compactness, simultaneously contains elements of a simple knot, half-bayonet, weaving and straight knots. The elements of all these nodes in a certain combination give the gazebo node the right to be called universal. It is surprisingly easy to knit, even with strong traction it never tightens "tightly", does not spoil the cable, never slides along the cable, does not untie itself and is easily untied when needed. The main purpose of the gazebo is to tie a person with a cable under the armpits as a means of insurance when climbing to a height, lowering overboard or in a smoky room during a fire on board a ship. You can insert a gazebo into the non-tightening loop of this knot. A loop tied with a gazebo knot on the mooring line reliably serves as a fire. This knot can be successfully used to tie two cables of any diameter or to tie a thick vegetable cable with a steel one (in this case, the cables are connected by loops, and the knots are knitted at their root ends). Of all the ways of tying two cables of different materials (for example, hemp and steel, dacron and manila), connecting with two arbor knots with loops will be the most reliable. It can be used for mooring and for attaching the cable to the hook. The reader is offered the most rational and simplest way of knitting. Always in life. the ability to quickly tie a bow knot around your waist can come in handy. You need to be able to do this with one hand with one continuous movement of the brush, in the dark, in 2 - 3 seconds. It's not hard to learn this at all. Take the root end of the cable in your left hand, with your right hand encircle the running end behind you around your waist. Take the running end in your right hand and, stepping back about 10 centimeters from its end, hold it in your fist. Take the root end in the left hand and stretch the left hand forward. Now, having the root end of the cable slightly taut, with the right brush with the running end clamped in it, go around the root end of the cable from top to bottom towards you and up away from you. Try to make such a movement with the brush so that it does not completely fall into the loop. Next, wrap the running end around the stretched root end to the left, intercept it with the thumb and forefinger of the right hand. Pulling the right hand out of the loop, simultaneously push the running end into the small loop. Holding the running end with the right hand, pull the root end with the tape. After doing this several times in a row, you will learn how to tie a bow knot on yourself, in the dark or with your eyes closed. Imagine the following situation: you find yourself over the side of the ship in the water, they throw you a line from the deck, along which you cannot climb up, because it is slippery. By tying a harness knot around your waist and moving the resulting armpit loop, you can ensure that you are safely pulled out of the water onto the deck. This magnificent knot has saved the lives of sailors more than once. To untie the gazebo knot, it is enough to slightly move the loop of the running end along the weakened root of the cable.

The Lynch Knot, How It Came to Be and Why It Is Necessary to Delve into English History.

Lynch's knot or Lynch's loop, as it is also called, appeared a long time ago, but its original name was lost and therefore unknown. This knot was used in nautical business for fastening gear and was a strong, evenly tightened loop.

In those days, the death penalty was practiced, namely, chopping off the head. These executions were carried out manually and therefore were not always successful. Often the execution turned into a mockery of the executed. Especially famous was Jack Ketch, who served the English kings Charles II and James II from 1663 to 1686. He was distinguished by inability, and often thoughtful sadism in the execution of the sentence. This is what prompted the authorities to find new types and devices for more humane executions.

This is how the gallows appeared, and the knot that was used for hanging was borrowed from maritime practice. So he got his first name that has survived to this day - hanging. Otherwise, it is also called scaffold.

This knot became the Lynch knot two centuries later, in the late 1860s, when in America, during civil war freed slaves began to take revenge on their former masters. A slave who raised his hand against a white man was executed by hanging on the spot, without trial or investigation. Such hasty reprisals became known as lynching. According to one version, the name arose in honor of the American judge Charles Lynch, who practiced hanging in the Revolutionary War. According to another, it was formed from the name of Captain William Lynch, who introduced the "Lynch Law" on extrajudicial corporal punishment. For the sake of justice, it is worth noting that in this law of 1780, not a word was said about the death penalty. However, when hanging, the same sea knot was used, which this time was called the Lynch knot.

Applications

The Lynch knot is widely used in maritime affairs. They temporarily attach the cable to objects floating in the water. Or they use it when throwing and attaching a cable to any object on the shore.

In addition, it can be used when fishing to connect fishing line and gear, as well as a drop weight.

The Lynch knot is very secure because the end of the cable cannot slip out of the loop if it becomes loose.