Marlinspike Seamanship - Line Terminology

[@dillymonster]

5.9k views and 4 comments, I guess 5 now. Very fascinating how I ended up here I saw a photo of a marlinspike on the internet and never heard of that before, I was intrigued so wanted to learn what it was or what it was used for. I loaded up this video because it looks professional although the 21 minutes made me reconsider. However my curiosity prevailed so I hit play. I made it 9 minutes in and have lost interest in my original curiosity but have now realized I do not know enough about knot making (since you are speaking about underhand and overhand) I paused because I thought, man I am not prepared for a marlinspike… I have to start elsewhere and build up my knowledge first to most likely appreciate the tool. The shear fact that this fantastic knowledge/demonstration only attracted 5.9k people baffles me. Rather yet, here I am consciously seeking out the information but have now become almost intimidated by how much I do not know. I fear this type of seamanship knowledge will be lost. I am happy the world has people like you who have the passion for this. I hope you get paid very well because you deserve it. Sincerely

[@lubos4639]

Excellent intro into this art - thank you...

[@OnlyFinsHI]

Studying for my uscg captains course. This is great thx

[@johnsullivan6560]

Well done.

[@PresMonroe]

Very nice presentation.

[@carving_knives]

I wouldn't have been able to refrain from using the marlinspike for a pointer instead of the pencil. Thanks for the informative vid.

[@jeremycarr6147]

Sweet video

[@illtakemanhattan]

Do you give marlinspike seamanship presentations in person? Our museum foundation is interested in exactly this kind of program for one of our summer events. If you do, I'd appreciate a way to contact you. Thanks. Ellen

[@wjk9837]

When I started this clip I thought I will really learn about ropes and knots. Instead I got 20 minutes of monotone voice with over-explanations of not much interesting/important information and very little of demonstration. I still want to learn, but it won't be from this channel.

[@glenpnoman8510]

Could have been presented w more alacrity