Boating Knots

Angela from Cannons Marina, shows you 4 basic important knots for boating.

[@oldgator46]

This may be one of the best and simplest instructions for knots I have ever seen. Great Job!

[@jeffrey51546]

I worked at this marina for 1 year and never learned any of these knots. It was the best job I ever had though, by far. closest thing 2 heaven on earth. Much love to the crew of Cannons Marina.

[@adamjr1968]

I just got a new to me boat and this instruction was perfect to get me to be able to tie off to the dock and go park my truck if I don't have someone along with me to hold the ropes. Thanks!

[@iandmosley]

Thanks...I just bought a boat and know nothing about securing the boat correctly...This has helped me alot...wow thanks again!!!

[@Greg110376]

Thanks! I just bought a boat and this video was extremely helpful. Angela rocks!

[@jeoffer]

Thank you for the great video. This video is another example of why the internet is so good.

[@whitesedes]

Great lessons. Clear and easy to follow. Thanks, Hoang

[@vmaxkevin]

Very helpful! Thank you very much for taking the time to post this!

[@HughRMacDonaldWriter]

Great job. Excellent teacher!! Thanks.

[@patrickpaul1783]

Hey! - I Got it! (...Not a moment too soon, as the shark took the bait. - I was then told to stand in behind, wet the reel, ...and yep, he was taking a "hell of a lot of line!") - At any rate, Thanks so much for the video! I was fairly rusty, but this got me back on track!

[@wandering1992]

thanks for the help with the last knot!

[@mikestone9129]

Nice, simple, easy to understand. And kinda cute too:)

[@ZenderStratomaster]

Excellent knotting instructions. Thanks.

[@Cannons]

Sorry it has been so long in responding. Ww are so happy that you responded to our video and found us useful. Best, Lucy Miller

[@vincemasucci9119]

awesome video very easy to follow. thanks

[@natwomenboaters4542]

Great video Angela!

[@Cannons]

Thanks!

[@michaelnerger1866]

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[@carlslee9690]

Well for me this is the video with most clarity and easily seen practice, thanks very much.

[@minhador]

Hi Angela...Ty for your video it's the best one on youtube...I like how you explain the knots....I live in the Azores and just bought a boat...Do you think you could make another video explaining some more knots? Thanks again for your help...

[@jairocalle7254]

Thank you, very helpful

[@courtneypope8979]

One of the best knots video. Easy to follow.

[@mdr8088]

Thanks, I've always wondered how to tie off to a cleat properly. I've asked a lot of people and some of the nots I got aren't easy to get off. lol

[@Cannons]

Hey @MrRaiders6769 Thanks for taking the time to say something. We love feedback, especially nice comments! Take care and happy boating. -The Cannons Crew

[@janexfbi]

So helpful! TY!

[@shawnmichael262]

Great video. Im new to boating and i definitely learned a thing or two from you. Thank you for posting!

[@Cannons]

@jeff61 Hey Jeff - Thank you for taking the time to both watch and comment on our video here on You Tube. We are happy that you found the video useful. Oh yea and we checked out your videos and liked your beautiful Oscars. Thanks again. -LucyLu Cannons Marina

[@TheSantity]

Lovely video

[@Cannons]

@mdr8088 Thanks for taking the time to say something! And I agree- knots can be complicated. Take care & Happy Boating, LucyLu, Cannons Marina

[@garynowak8835]

Great job thank you.

[@Adamveggieman]

Very Helpful Thanks!

[@Cannons]

We're so glad you found our video helpful.

[@Furlavision]

Thanks for sharing! Very helpful for a new boat owner.

[@tspinns]

Clove hitch is better for fenders. Your stopper is called a figure eight. The cleat hitch you show is not correct. The "two rivers under a bridge" technique is proper and will allow adjustment while under load. Another thing, on land they are called ropes. On a boat they are called lines. Once a line has a job, it gets a name...

[@Ophiuchus123456789]

Tracy Spinney Technically, they are called cordage rather than ropes.

[@bagwan98]

Ophiuchus123456789, no sir, on all boats they are properly called lines! Farmers and cowboys use ropes. Cordage is just small stuff.

[@nethy0293]

thank you, i wish i had watched it a few days ago

[@theresagreat1618]

Great job thanks

[@stuartlaw3575]

very good ,made simple

[@douglascary9280]

THANK YOU!!!

[@tallbillbassman]

Nice and simple and well explained. One thing: the tail left by the working end should be 5-10 rope diameters so that it doesnt come undone by accident. Yours were a bit short.

[@amyanselmo]

Thanks! great video! I hope you don't mind, I put it on my blog...

[@bmzaron713]

Bridge over two rivers.. That's what I was told at a camp where we drove boats. You should make the final wrap one step before, on the opposite end of the cleat at 00:43

[@Cannons]

Hi Jeff- Now that was just a nice comment. We loved you too. We hope that all is great in your life. Best- Lucy

[@Silkstockingrl]

Many may thanks!!

[@pradeepyalla5654]

THANKU NICE VIDEO VERY USE FULL TO SEAMANS

[@rcstxguru]

Bowline knot is very useful for me, use it anchor the trampoline

[@lsakk]

Thanks I new none of these. Now I do

[@rahulsalaria7389]

Superb

[@randallgayman6639]

Thanks

[@jamesalfieri4542]

Nice. And thanks! Very helpful

[@markscannell7]

I am new to the boating world yet have a lot of experience under my short lived belt, even i spotted a few mistakes throughout this video. Method and terminology would be expected from someone on the first week of knots

[@December151791]

what do you mean by "riddle?"

[@davidgoulty9919]

My you tube is a fuzzy picture and will not run the video without changing to incognito mode. Any ideas hoe to correct this please?

[@davemillion]

VERY NICE JOB,THANK YOU.

[@eloyex]

nice girl and nice knots .....!!!

[@freespeech7605]

The stopper is actually called a figure of 8 but I understand certain nationalities need things to describe what they do such as calling a pavement a sidewalk to save confusion😁

[@Cannons]

Welcome. (-:

[@raymurray293]

Your cleat hitch knot is wrong! Your working line is on the wrong side.

[@bmzaron713]

Well she did one too many turns

[@PalauCreationsbyQCP]

The cleat hitch is wrong; the stop knot won't stop much; and they're called fenders, not bumpers, but all these knots might be correct if your boat is a car.

[@alfrednewman3416]

Never use a regular bowline for towing.. Use a rolling bowline, it's just a bowline with an extra loop to take the load

[@fjbutch]

''Imagery.''.easier way to remember tasks..

[@mealsonwheels4970]

pull that cleat hitch towards the bow and it will come undone girl

[@1938dmkdz]

This is what I use.

[@johntripp2028]

Your cleat hitch is all wrong

[@harley1200davidson]

The cleat hitch is just fine, it's the half hitch that wont hold anything. It will just pull right off.

[@johntripp2028]

Al. the cleat is simply incorrect

[@marcusparotti8011]

yes that is incorrect, that is not the proper way

[@davidrhoads2131]

True that! The Cleat hitch is wrong. One of the most basic knots to know. When she did it wrong I stopped watching right there.

[@johntripp2028]

Nigel, since I did not see the Coast Guard demonstration I can speak to it. The cleat hitch in this video is simply wrong. It's looks right but looking right won't stop your boat from slipping away. There are two methods of tying the cleat hitch and both are correct depending on the circumstances but her method is a third and incorrect one. Many people will look at her video and think it is correct because it looks correct. But alas her very first wrap is wrong

[@bagwan98]

Please ignore Angela from Cannons Marina. When attaching a mooring line to a cleat a complete round turn should be first step, then you can do a hitch or 2. When attaching lines to railings, the clove hitch, sometimes with 2 initial wraps is correct, I don't know what rubbish she was trying to tie! Her "stopper knot"is actually a figure 8 knot. The bowline is one of the most important knots to learn, just make sure the bitter end is long enough to not slip out. Square knot should be included, it is used much more than figure 8 knot. I am former Coast Guard and retired merchant marine chief mate.

[@ImTheMan725]

how so?

[@sproket168]

Nearly right. 😉

[@kellykeeley1237]

I liked it:) ÷) ;) :] ;] ÷]

[@garyv2196]

Back in the hole.

[@seikibrian8641]

1:24 "Hold things such as a bumper." It's called a fender, not a bumper.

[@justinswan5406]

Well done

[@Alf_4]

you tied the cleat hitch incorrectly, you called the figure eight knot a stop knot (stop knot is one of the applications of the figure eight), and the "regular knot" you speak about is actually called an overhand knot.

[@MRTACTICAL64]

did the first knot wrong

[@EJL2004]

That knot for the fender or whatever, is complete garbage. Its not a seamans knot at all. Clove hitch or a rolling hitch should be used, just as easy and actually holds. Also the way she finished that knot, that line with a little bit of weight on it would unroll.

[@sizzlechest6070]

If i had shoe i tie but no shoe in my village

[@jdgceg]

Cleat half hitch is incorrect

[@gurnblanstein466]

Great video for the beginning sailor, but they're called "fenders" not "bumpers"... And they're only "ropes" on land. On a boat they're called "lines"... I hope when you're out cruising you are using a "chart" not a "map" lol!

[@scootar097]

cleat knot was wrong,

[@Bernievids]

I want to be the rabbit.

[@bobthebob101mombob6]

... that and you don’t do two turns it’s one then the twist

[@tanguerochas]

Cleat hitch is wrong. Started with wrong horn and finished wrong. Thanks for trying. Other knots are fine.

[@tammysue2839]

They call me a dumb ass cause I have no idea what I'm talking about

[@HBstriper]

Ropes and bumpers no. It's lines and fenders

[@jimmyjones7823]

Not all of the useful knots are only in the boat she is using. there are other knots for pacers, lazers and many others.

[@cleanhabitats]

She's knotty

[@TheSnowking21]

that is not a correct cleat hitch, other than that, good video

[@geekeasy9946]

On a boat, it's called "line", not rope.

[@ro4317]

One more example of an incorrect cleat hitch. Where do these "experts" come up with this stuff?

[@tedboender]

a bumper? really

[@TOMVUTHEPIMP]

Cleat hitch is wrong. LOL.

[@z4u68]

Id like to know why back in the day i am guessing they decided to use a totally new language for boats? Seems like an unpractical thing but maybe that is the point to get away from land , land is different from water and why not use a totally new language on water to complete the forgetting about land oh my lord.

[@oceandrew]

Ships back in the day had thousands of moving parts and bossuns and mates had to have a way to direct crew to those parts without resorting to ... "you know that thing over there? Pull it/Loosen it/Put it away/Fix it!" Take a close look at an exploded diagram of a tall ship and there is definitely a method to the madness of naming each sail, sheet, stay, lanyard and hawser that didn't exist on land based vehicles for transport.

[@latunguley]

Fender=bumper LOL

[@lestappenden]

the cleat knot is wrong

[@dondacurator]

Shes so pretty I couldnt focus

[@navinmari3716]

Nothing is wrong if only you do!( everybody complaints about the knot that starts with c....)

[@banjajohn]

Cars have BUMPERS. Not Boats.

[@banjajohn]

Scott Pearce Speaking of Bubbles, HI Scott. The item that is placed between a Boat and another object is called a "FENDER" not a "BUMPER".

[@GoMiGman]

Very rarely do I hear them being referred to as 'bumpers' I'm with banjajohn on this one, certainly not up here in New England where we live, eat and breathe boating. BUT, I have heard the term used more so in the southern part of the US and also seems to be a thing more commonly associated with the younger generation. I think in about 30 - 50 years, many of the terms we know today will have generation X names by then.

[@banjajohn]

GoMiGman Sad but true. As this error was made on You Tube I had to try and get the right name in. Have a good week-end.

[@GoMiGman]

banjajohn Likewise. Gonna be really nice this weekend, weather-wise and the water will be crowded that's for sure.

[@neuron8186]

1. I don't have a roap 2. I don't have a fucking boat

[@Cannons]

Goosfraba

[@davidwarren719]

Please stay far away from ropes

[@randyhouseman9471]

That's not a correct cleat hitch.

[@MrBlackcorvette]

Please relearn how to tie a proper cleat hitch. If you are going to tell people how to tie a knot you really should know the correct way!

[@thebullmccabe1384]

Wrong honey

[@Legrognon]

Please learn how to do your half hitch knot, you do it worng !!! You forgot to cross the rope at the end !!

[@michaelkim4251]

Wrong~