The Knot Pack

Learn to Tie the Most Commonly Used Knots

Tim Davison, Steve Judkins (Autoren)

Media-Kombination

64 Seiten

2022
Fernhurst Books Limited
978-1-912621-45-3 (ISBN)

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All you need to help you learn the important knots, and a perfect gift for the keen sailor or adventurer. The pack contains 3 one-metre lengths of coloured rope (colours may vary) together with the beautifully illustrated 64-page Knots & Splices book. It is an ideal way to learn how to tie knots which will serve a lifetime’s sailing or adventuring.

All you need to help you learn the important knots, and a perfect gift for the keen sailor or outdoor adventurer.
The pack contains 3 one-metre lengths of coloured rope (the colours may vary) together with the beautifully illustrated 64-page Knots & Splices book.
The book features the ten knots everyone should know, plus 16 other knots and 7 splices and whippings. It illustrates clearly how to tie each knot using sequential diagrams and a step-by-step approach. The use and benefits of each knot is described and the times when special care is needed highlighted.
Combined with the practice ropes, this is an ideal way to learn how to tie knots which will serve a lifetime’s sailing or adventuring.

Tim Davison is a highly experienced sailor, who spends much of his time racing dinghies and cruising the Mediterranean. Steve Judkins is a member of the International Guild of Knot Tyers. He is a professional sailing instructor and was formerly in the Royal Navy, serving on HMY Britannia.

Terms; Tools of the trade; Choosing a rope; TEN KNOTS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW: Round turn & two half hitches, Clove hitch, Figure of eight, Reef knot, Bowline, Bowline on a bight, Sheet bend, Double sheet bend, Fisherman’s bend / Anchor hitch, Rolling hitch; OTHER USEFUL KNOTS: Carrick bend, Sheepshank, Constrictor knot, Buntline hitch, Surgeon’s knot, Alpine butterfly bend, Fisherman’s knot / Englishman’s knot, Cow hitch, Cow hitch round turn & Prusik knot, Timber hitch, Marlinespike hitch, Man harness knot / Artillery loop, Trucker’s hitch / Dolly knot, Marling hitches, Coiling a rope, Turk’s head; SPLICES & WHIPPING: Eye splice, Short splice, Eye in braid-on-braid rope, Eye in braid-on 3-strand rope, Common whipping, Sailmaker’s whipping, Heat sealing the end of a synthetic rope

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.11.2022
Zusatzinfo	212 Illustrations, color
Verlagsort	Leamington Spa
Sprache	englisch
Maße	195 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Handarbeit / Textiles
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport
ISBN-10	1-912621-45-2 / 1912621452
ISBN-13	978-1-912621-45-3 / 9781912621453
Zustand	Neuware