Ep 25: More Knots & Whipping a Line

[@cohall46]

Excellent! Your knot tying demonstrations are the best that I have ever seen. Thanks for sharing.

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Wow, thank you! I appreciate the comment.

[@meatdog]

I did all my new lines yesterday and did my whipping on all the ends. Everything looks ship shape and tidy again. I find doing this is relaxing and fun and makes my boat looked well cared for. Thanks

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Nice work!

[@SailHosailing]

I didn't know a bowline on a bight knot. Thank you

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Thanks for your kind comment and support Sail Ho

[@alexchun1105]

I do not melt the bitter end after applying common whipping. Instead, I deliberately fray the end. This helps ensure that the whipping won't slide off. And it makes the bitter end less hazardous if (when) the line flails.

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Thanks for the tip Alex

[@ronharbin6678]

With one small exception, I do my whippings exactly the same. I use blue tape. So I approve of your method. Good job on your videos. Thanks, Ron

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@tanguerochas]

Good video. Rolling Hitch - first method is preferable (ABOK #1734), second method gives less friction and is properly called a Magnus Hitch (ABOK #1736 ), a third method is better than either: the Midshipman's Hitch (ABOK #1735) which is as easy to tie as the first. All three are known as taut-line hitches. I teach Marlinespike Seamanship for the Hoofer Sailing Club in Madison, Wisconsin and am a member of the International Guild of Knot Tyers.

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Great tip! Thanks for sharing

[@JohnGreen_US]

Another vote for the Midshipman's Hitch as it improves the rope-on-rope grip to avoid slippage - it actually encourages a micro-bend in the line you're hitching to for added gripping power. The Midshipman's obviously has a sailing pedigree. Incredible how different regions on the globe teach & perpetuate specific tying methods. Not sure I've seen your method #1 for tying a Rolling Hitch - your most popular. Methods #1 & #2 are well suited for rope-on-pole attachments - but they are also among the most widely used versions of general purpose friction hitches.

[@JohnGreen_US]

I've never seen the working end used to form the inner turn of the two turns on the inside side of the hitch. As far as I know, this method doesn't appear in ABOK.

[@josephlai9759]

Thank you so much. I didn't know the double bowline had been used for recovery from the water.

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Happy to help!

[@chriskirchner5094]

Love knots - thanks for teaching me some new ones!

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

You are so welcome Chris. Glad I could be of service. Enjoy

[@ffarag]

many thanks Marco, you are always the best

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Thank you for your kind comment and for your support

[@Cacheola]

Miss your content, you've been a great resource. I heard thru the grapevine you sold your boat?!

[@KayZee1957]

If there's a lot of surge/wake, can let slack work its way through the hitch creating slack in mooring lines. The full wrap keeps the slack from getting into the heart of the knot.

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Thanks for the comment. Which knot are you referring to?

[@KayZee1957]

@@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine Oh sorry, the cleat hitch. There a video out on YT that shows 3 versions of the cleat hitch and it shows how the half turn cleat hitch can slacken with wake and tide. The full wrap of course, can jam a little depending on line size and cleat size but it is more secure because that is exactly what happens, theres a friction point where the lines cross under the cleat horn. Isn't that what we always do to get more hold? Add another turn somewhere.

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

@@KayZee1957 interesting. I know that there were several methods. I have never seen a cleat hitch with locking turn loosen under any conditions. In the navy they never use a locking turn.

[@KayZee1957]

@@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHPUpHltZ92Bibc I'm talking about the difference between the #1 and the #2 variation. On my 41, i found that the number one variation would slacken noticeably with wakes and tides over a period of a few days. It never failed outright since there was always plenty of tail but in a situation like mine where the bow sprit will start taking out my dock box, I need the security of the #2 version.

[@campuscab]

I had a ridingvturn on my centerboard wench. I ended up hauling out the boat and jacked up the centerboard. Now i know a better way

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Happy to hear it. Thanks for sharing.

[@tanguerochas]

Nice finish for locking hitch on cleat hitch. First method is known as North American method, second (full wrap) is known as European method. For rescue knot the triple bowline is better than the bowline on a bight, IMO.

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Thanks for the tips!

[@mrpmessina]

Brilliant!!!!

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Thank you so much. I'm delighted that you enjoyed it.

[@mrpmessina]

@@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine I am studying for the day skipper course and your videos are a great help.

[@wanagiandme]

Marco Rocks!

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Wow! Thank you. So nice of you to say

[@codder32]

7:57 as a rock climber, this definitely looks cleaner and less reg flag to me

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Thank you

[@charlespayne1061]

That line ender knot reminds me of a fisherman's Hook knot

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Thank you for watching and for the comment.

[@SailingAndInvesting]

Would you use a rolling hitch on a jack line for moving about a boat? Great video.

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

No I would not. Too much friction, for one thing. Use a proper approved locking carabiner like clip.

[@SailingAndInvesting]

@@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine Thank you.

[@madrabbit9007]

What you call "whipping" I was taught as "seizing" the line when I worked as a deck hand on a Mississippi river tow boat. Typically we would just use duct tape and call it good enough but when none was available we would use "cow tails" or strands from a 3 inch line that was no longer safe for service so "seize the line".

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Whipping is done at the end of a line to keep it from unraveling, seizing binds two lines together. To form an eye for instance.

[@dragan3290]

Can you use this method for climbing rope end loops. Eg: prusik loop? I've stitched the loop together, extremely tight! Now I was going to whip the ends? Any reply appreciated cheers from Australia just subbed.nice work 🙂👍👍👍

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Thank you for the comment. Can you clarify what you mean by “can you use this method” which knot are you specifically referring to?

[@dragan3290]

@@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine I was stitching the tail ends for a prussik loop for the carabiner to fit nicely. Less bulky than stopper knots

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Ultimately a Prussik loop should be tied with a double fisherman knot. There are some commercially available that are sewn but I wouldn’t trust my life to a loop I’ve sewn myself.

[@dragan3290]

@@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine thanks for the reply. I was going to test with My 2 ton winch! I still will.

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

I cannot endorse using a home sewn Prussik loop in any kind of high angle situation and also want to mention that a common practice in any high angle situation is to independently back yourself up. In sailing I see all too commonly people going up the mast in bosun’s chairs on a single line with no backup whatsoever, a very unsafe practice in my opinion.