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How to tie a sea knot on a rope, diagram. Knots for tying two cables

In this article we will begin to show and talk about rope knots, their types and in different ways their matings, Translation information will be updated as new video instructions are filmed. Sometimes a person is haunted by knots at every step, leaving the house, we tie a tie and shoes, in everyday life and in nature, we have to tie knots. Any fisherman or hunter already knows how to tie various knots for his needs. And in mountaineering or maritime affairs, people simply must be able to tie a dozen knots.

Knots exist for different purposes and purposes, creating loops that are tightened or not, connecting ropes of the same or different diameters, for tying a rope to various objects, etc. But tying knots correctly takes practice. And it’s better to abandon the knot and use another one if you have even the slightest doubt about tying it. We will start with the simplest knots and move closer to more complex knots with each new knot.


Simple knot

A simple knot is used to connect ropes and is a component of many knots; it can also be tied at the end of a rope to prevent it from unraveling. Perhaps this is the simplest of all knots and the smallest. But when the cable is pulled, the knot becomes very tight and sometimes difficult to untie. A simple knot greatly bends the rope, which reduces the strength of the cable by more than 2 times. But, nevertheless, this is the most popular node.


Straight knot (Reef)

A straight knot is used to connect ropes of approximately the same diameter. It is not safe to tie ropes of different diameters with this knot, since a thin rope will tear a thicker rope. The straight knot was known as far back as five thousand years BC in Egypt. And the ancient Greeks and Romans called it Hercules, because this is how the mythical hero Hercules tied the skin of a lion on his chest. The straight knot has four knitting options, but it is enough to know and be able to knit one of them. Control units are required at the main ends.


Hunter Knot (Hunter Knot)

In 1968, the English doctor Edward Hunter accidentally invented a knot that holds perfectly on cables and even on synthetic fishing line. Essentially it was a successful weaving of two simple knots tied at the ends of two ropes. This invention caused a sensation in certain circles, and British patent experts issued a patent to Edward for this invention. The Hunter knot holds on all ropes, especially soft ones, as well as on ribbons and fishing lines. The author of the book “Sea Knots” L.N. Skryagin gave this knot another name - “Hunting Knot” since the surname Hunter is translated from English as hunter.


Counter eight

Another of the oldest knots for tying two ropes. This knot also has another name: the Flemish knot. It is reliable and strong knot, it practically does not reduce the strength of the rope. To begin with, a figure eight is knitted at the end of one of the ropes, and then with the running end of the second rope they repeat all the bends of the figure eight on the first rope and pass it towards the root end. After this they tighten it. The counter eight is relatively easy to untie.


Grapevine knot

Grapevine is the strongest of the knots designed for tying ropes of the same diameter. This knot has the smallest rope weakening coefficient of 5%; other knots do not have such indicators. When tying the Grapevine knot, you can do without control knots, it still remains quite safe.


Bayonet Knot

This knot is a non-tightening loop that can hold a load acting in almost any direction. Another main advantage of this knot is that it can be easily untied even under load, which is very convenient. Make one and a half turns of the rope around a tree, post, or even a rock. Guide the running end over the root end, bring it down and pass it from under the root end into the resulting loop (this is how you get a hose). Tighten and make another hose, and be sure to tie a control knot at the end.


Quick release knot

The following knot may be called: pirate knot, bucket knot. This knot is quite reliable if tied correctly, and it can also be untied very easily and quickly by pulling on the running end. Recommended for temporary fastening where you need to quickly untie the knot. Or it can be used in situations during descent, where you need to return the rope after descent by pulling the running end.


Prusik grasping knot

This knot is mainly used as insurance when descending or ascending a rope. If a person falls during descent, this knot is tightened and prevents him from falling. And when climbing a rope, this knot can be used as a jumar. By pulling the knot from the bottom up, when loaded, the knot will tighten and hold the person. The knot was invented by Karl Prusik, president of the Austrian Alpine Club, in 1931 and has proven itself well in mountaineering and mountain tourism. But the knot does not work well on wet and icy rope.


Austrian conductor

The knot is used in cases where you need to make a loop in the middle of the rope, to create an attachment point in case of belaying, or if you need to separate a frayed section of the rope. This knot also has other names: Alpine Butterfly, Middle Knot, Middle Conductor, Median Conductor.


Bowline Knot (Gazebo Knot)

This is one of the oldest and most popular knots. The bowline can be confidently called the “king of knots” for its simplicity and reliability. This knot is tied at the end of the rope and is a reliable, non-tightening loop. The gazebo knot is used in maritime affairs, mountaineering and tourism. It will also be very useful to be able to tie this knot with one hand, which can be useful to you in an extreme situation.


Clew and Bramsheet knot

These knots are used for tying ropes, both of different diameters and the same. Knots are quickly and easily tied. Also, control nodes are required for these nodes.


Hare Ears (Double Wire)

This is a knot that resembles a double bowline. The hare's ears form two non-tightening loops. This knot does not require control knots, but after heavy load it is difficult to untie. It is mainly used in mountaineering and when it is necessary to transport a victim down to a shallow depth.

Rope bottom harness

This article describes the strongest fishing knots for hooks and leashes, which can be applied in different situations. In your comments, you can leave reviews regarding certain knots, as well as leave your recommendations on the technique of knitting various fishing lines.

To connect two fishing lines, you can use one of the suggested methods:

Easy to knit, quite reliable and famous since ancient times. It is used for tying two fishing lines, as well as attaching leashes. Known since 1425, which indicates its suitability.

Improved clinch knot

Used to attach a hook (with a ring) and a leash, in turn a swivel with fishing line. As a rule, monofilaments with a diameter of up to 0.4 mm are connected through this knot. The continuity of the connection reaches 95%, but the strength decreases if the knot is knitted on a thick wire.

Fluorocarbon knots

Double Loop Junction

This is the classic way of attaching the leash to the main line. IN lately They primarily use fluorocarbon leaders.

Capable of reliably connecting 2 fishing lines that have different diameters. Differences in diameter can reach 40%, while the connection retains its strength by 90%.

Double sliding knot “Grinner”

Designed for tying braids and monofilament fishing line, which have differences in caliber up to 1/5.

Albright knot

In addition, it is suitable for reliable connection of fishing lines of different diameters. The knot is more complex in knitting technique, but comes out very compressed and easily passed through the guide rings.

Knots for shock leader

Shock leader- is a piece of fishing line of large diameter, the length of which is about 8-11 meters. This segment has increased strength due to its large diameter, so special units are used to secure it.

It is better to fix this connection point with a drop of superglue. This will not only strengthen the connection, but will also make it easier to pass it through the rod guides. During fishing, you should control the location of the knot: it should always be at the bottom so that when casting the fishing line does not cling to it.

"Carrot" (Mahin knot)

It has small compact dimensions, and with its help you can tie several monofilaments and a shock leader from the same fishing line.

Refers to a series of simple knots, but reliably connecting the main line with the shock leader. You can see it in the video above.

Blood knot

It is used when tying fishing lines that differ in thickness by no more than two times. The reliability of the connection is 90% of the strength of the fishing line.

Knots for tying a hook

Almost all fishermen know this. Its purpose is to attach swivels to the main fishing line, as well as connect twisters to hooks that have eyes. Unfortunately, knitting it requires the line to be folded in half, which increases overall dimensions node.

Very often used for tying hooks with eyes, since the knot strength reaches 93% of the strength of the fishing line. It can be used on any fishing line (braid or monofilament), where it shows excellent strength results, and knitting it is quite simple.

It knits well on monofilament fishing line, but it is not recommended to use it on braid.

They have good reliability when attaching a hook and eye. If desired, such knots can be easily untied.

Perfect for connecting braided fishing line and a hook made of thin wire. However, this knot is not recommended for use on thick wire, including for attaching the winding ring.

Intended for tying hooks that have a spatula rather than an eye. Hooks with a spatula have increased strength, as they are created using forging methods. The reliability of such a unit is quite high and corresponds to the stability of the fishing line itself (that is, 100%).

With its help, you can tie a hook to the main fishing line at any point, but before that you need to form a loop on the fishing line. It is often used in sea fishing, when it is necessary to very often change one hook for another or the bait of one type for the bait of another.

Does not affect the strength of the fishing line, therefore does not reduce the reliability of the connection.

It is one of the most reliable units in terms of strength.

Refers to sea knots, where you need to tie hooks to a fairly dense fishing line.

A fairly complex knot, but it is reliable and durable and is intended purely for tying hooks to fishing line.

Easy to knit but has good strength when crocheted with eye hooks. Ideal for drop shot rigs.

Knots for spinning baits

A hook knot in which the line is not tied around the shank is excellent for attaching spinning baits. These include:

  • Palomar knot;
  • "Step Knot";
  • cape method;
  • double “clinch” and “clinch” gripping;
  • Twisted Dropper Loop node;
  • Scaffold Knot;
  • "Shark" knot.

All of the listed nodes are described in detail earlier in this article.

Knots and how to tie them - it would seem that what’s so complicated about this? After all, we encounter them in everyday life at every step and tie them without even thinking. WITH early childhood we were taught to tie our shoelaces, the girls were taught ribbons and bows, then the men learned to tie a tie. And then - in everyday life, fishing, on vacation, hunting, in sports or maritime affairs - one way or another, but knots are present everywhere. Let's figure out how to tie knots on a rope correctly and which ones are the strongest.

What are nodes

Knots have existed for a long time; even our distant ancestors used them to create the first tools, clothing, and obtaining food: hunting and fishing. Essentially, a knot is a certain way of weaving ropes, fishing line, ribbons, threads and other things, a way to connect them together or tie them to something by creating a loop.

That is, the nodes have a very old and quite rich history both application and development. After all, in every business, craft, direction where they were used, they came up with their own types, the most convenient, strong or beautiful, depending on priorities. Such a connection can be woven from different quantities ropes, of different lengths and diameters. They differ in areas of application.

Which ones exist?

Knots can be sea, tourist, mountaineering, hunting or fishing - this is a difference in the scope of their application. For example, there are about seven hundred sea knots alone!

Certain requirements apply to each type. For example, tourist ones, in addition to the fact that they must be strong and simple: they must be easy to remember, easy to tie, not crawl under load, not tighten tightly if this is not necessary.

Of course, it is hardly possible to know how to tie knots on rope of all kinds, and it is not necessary. This is not available to any person on the planet. It is enough to simply understand how to tie knots on a rope tightly and so that they look presentable.

Of course, you won’t get a good, strong connection or the right loop right away. You need to learn how to tie a strong knot in a rope through practice, not just theory. Although it is also necessary to know the theoretical basis. For example, how to tie a knot at the end of a rope: fold the free edges into a loop, leaving a tail of the length that the knot is needed, thread it through it, and tighten it. The knot at the end of the rope is ready!

What determines the strength of a knot?

How to tie knots on a rope so that they are strong? The answer to this question is simple: firstly, you need to be able to knit them, no matter how trivial it may sound. And secondly, the rope itself must be strong enough for this, otherwise no matter how much knot tying skills you have, it will be of little use.

Any rope, cord or rope and everything from which knots are tied has its own strength characteristic. Moreover, if a rope is used, for example, to tie a tent to a peg or even a boat to a fishing pier, hardly anyone thinks much about the level of its strength. But in some areas of application of knots such inattention is unforgivable, for example, in mountaineering.

One fact is worth considering: any knot somehow makes the rope less strong, for example:

  • the figure-eight knot weakens by a quarter;
  • bowline - by a third;
  • weaving - by 35%.

All other knots make the rope less strong by about the same amount. Also, for the level of strength of both the rope and the knot, it is worth considering the following:

  • if it is wet, then its strength decreases by 10%;
  • if used in severe frosts (up to 30 degrees), then it becomes less durable by a third;
  • Ropes that are dirty, old, have been in the sun for a lot of time, or with damaged braiding lose half their strength.

Application options

Knots are found even in ordinary life at every step, and they can be both functional and simply decorative. For example, recently, bracelets or necklaces made from cords, laces and thin ropes tied in beautiful knots have become especially popular.

They are also used to tie two ropes of the same thickness. In tourism, instead of ropes, other materials of different thicknesses can be used. Using a knot, you can tie a wide variety of loops: tightening, climbing, quick-release (aka bow), bowline, or those that are very difficult to untie. Keep in mind that most knots lead to chafing of the rope and also tend to unravel on their own.

Sea knot

Probably the most famous of all knots. You may not know how to tie it, but everyone has probably heard about it. What is it and how to tie a sea knot on a rope?

First of all, it must be said that there are several sea knots, and each of them has its own name: running simple, reef, bowline, snare, scaffold. All of them are tightening loops, with the help of which the ship was tied to the pier. Their peculiarity is a certain way of knitting and tightening the rope, in which it is stretched, making the knot reliable. And when the rope is loosened, the noose is easy to untie.

The bowline or arbor knot is most often used. There is nothing difficult in learning how to tie it, and such a skill can come in handy at any time. Tie it as follows:

  • a small loop is made, a piece of rope of such length as the size of the knot is needed is left in stock;
  • this end is threaded through the loop, as when tying simple node;
  • wraps around the free end of the rope, threads it through the small one and tightens.

For tying two ropes

It happens that it is necessary to tie two or even more ropes together, and also add knots to already tied ropes. There are special loops for these purposes. So, how to tie a knot on a tied rope using a Flemish loop or a counter figure eight, which is one of the oldest, strongest and strongest:

  • at the end of an untied rope, make a figure eight from its free edge;
  • With the remaining end of the knotted one, they repeat the bends and thread them through them, while tightening the loop.

This knot practically does not weaken the strength of the rope, and is easy to untie if necessary.

Untied knot

Sometimes it is necessary to tie a loop that will not come undone under any circumstances. As a rule, this is one of these considered weaving. So, how to tie a strong knot on a rope that will definitely not come undone at the most inopportune moment? First of all, you need to understand that it is a combination of two knots, which are tied with running ends around the base:

  • lay two ropes with ends facing each other;
  • make a simple knot at one end;
  • pass the end of the other through the loop made on the first, make a turn around its base;
  • tie the same simple knot with the second rope;
  • move both loops towards each other until they come together;
  • Tighten the knot properly.

This is a very strong knot; for all its apparent simplicity, when pulled, it becomes so strong that it seems unlikely to untie it.

Beautiful knot

Of course, not all loops and knots serve exclusively for functional purposes; they are also used to create jewelry: bracelets, necklaces. Knots are also tied simply for good luck, used in macrame techniques, lace making and more.

And this is where knowing how to tie a beautiful knot on a rope comes in handy. But there are quite a lot of such knots, so we’ll tell you about a couple of the easiest and most attractive ones.

Everyone remembers and knows. So, if you intertwine one or more ropes in this way, you get a beautifully tied braid of knots.

Another popular pattern is a woven crown or, using the terminology of the macrame technique, cobra. Used to create textile bracelets, necklaces, baubles, keychains and laces for an umbrella or a dog leash. It is knitted from four ropes as follows:

  • connect the ends of the ropes together;
  • turn the ends towards you;
  • tie a crown knot, making a loop from each rope and pulling the end that lies behind it into it;
  • tighten and continue tying knots to the desired length.

The braided crown lace is ready! Now you can close its ends with special caps with a clasp, which can be purchased at a jewelry supply store, and use them as a bracelet or necklace.

The centuries-old history of man's presence on the water makes it possible to enjoy the fruits of their achievements. So today, various maritime units are used for specific purposes.

How to tie a sea knot to connect cables, ropes, fishing line or for strengthening - creating cables, or maybe a self-tightening knot or, conversely, a knot that doesn’t tighten. The main groups of maritime knots are presented schematically. So there shouldn’t be any problems with the question of how to tie a sea knot.

The entire variety of maritime knots can be divided, based on their tasks and forms, into several main groups:

  • knots for connecting ropes;
  • knots for thickening the rope;
  • loop knots (self-tightening and non-tightening);
  • knots for tying a rope to an object (tightening knots);
  • quickly untied knots;

Knots for connecting ropes

How to tie a water knot

This marine knot is used to connect ropes of the same diameter and is a complicated version of a simple knot. It creates a strong connection that can withstand jerking loads well and does not have a tendency to slip and unravel itself.

The water knot behaves especially well on ropes and cables made of natural materials. But, despite all these properties, it is not widely used in maritime affairs. Sailors try to use such a knot only in cases where it will not need to be untied after removing the load, since it actually does not come untied, especially if it gets wet. In addition, this tight knot with a lot of kinks in the ropes leads to severe damage and weakening.

How to tie a sea knot diagram

Sequence of tying a water knot

  1. Place the running ends of the ropes parallel to each other.
  2. Form a closed loop with the running ends by passing the running ends of the ropes under their root ends.
  3. Make three turns of the running ends of the ropes around their root ends (it is necessary to ensure that the ropes remain parallel to each other during the tying process).
  4. Tighten the knot by tightening all four ends of the ropes at the same time.

Knots for thickening the rope

How to tie a multiple figure eight knot

The multiple figure eight is a large locking unit that can withstand strong variable loads well. In maritime practice, it is rarely used, despite its greater reliability and easy release. Thanks to a large number multiple revolutions eight redistributes the load and almost does not damage the rope. Such a knot is knitted mainly on ropes and cables of small diameters.

Sequence of tying a multiple figure eight knot

  1. Stepping back from the edge of the rope, form an open loop. Make a turn with the running end around the root end of the rope and pass it through the loop.
  2. Make two turns with the running end of the cable around both sides of the loop and again pass it through the end of the loop.
  3. Pull the loops to the middle and tighten the knot.

Loop knots

Now let’s look at a knot that belongs to the tightening loop knots.

How to tie a sea knot "Sliding blind loop"

This knot is identical in its tasks and properties to the previous one, its only difference is that when knitting it, a double loop is formed, which increases the reliability of fastening.

The sequence of tying a knot is a sliding blind loop

  1. Fold the running end of the cable into an open loop.
  2. Lift the base of the loop and place it perpendicular to the main ends of the cable, so that the result is two closed loops. Pass the running and root ends of the cable through the loops, contouring their inner sides.
  3. Tighten the knot.

Non-tightening loops

How to tie a boatswain's knot

The boatswain's knot, which is part of a group of non-tightening loops, appeared several centuries ago in the sailing fleet, where it was used quite for a long time for fastening outboard gazebo boards during ship repairs, for lifting and lowering a person during rescue or high-altitude work. It was known by another name - Spanish gazebo. The knot is reliable, holds the load well, evenly distributing it into two symmetrical loops. In knitting, the knot is quite complex, but after stopping work it easily unravels.

Sequence of tying a boatswain's knot

  1. Use the running end of the cable to form an open loop.
  2. Turn the closed part of the loop 180° upwards and insert it from below behind the running and root ends of the cable so that you get two pegs.
  3. Turn some of the closed loops towards each other 180° to form two figure eights, and pass the bottom ring of the right one through the bottom ring of the left figure eight.
  4. Pass the left edge of the top loop through the bottom left loop, and the right edge through the right loop.
  5. Tighten the knot.

Knots for tying a rope to an object (tightening)

The biting unit is used for mooring small ships, boats using mooring devices - bollards, mooring bollards, bitings. The knot is reliable, withstands jerking well, and is quite easy to knit and unravel.

Sequence of tying a biteng knot

  1. Wrap the running end of the cable around the biting or mooring bollard, fold the free end in the form of an open loop and place it under the root end.
  2. Twist the formed closed loop 180° and, circling it around the root cable, throw it on top of the biting.
  3. Tighten the knot.

Quick untie knots

This is a special group of nodes that perform two main and at the same time contradictory tasks: to reliably hold the connection and, if necessary, to quickly dissolve it. The solution to this contradiction was found in a simple loop at the end of the knot, which, when pulled out, destroys the entire weave. This trick allows for this purpose to use many of the knots that are considered difficult to untie during normal knitting.

The pirate knot is more difficult to tie than the bucket knot, although it has similar characteristics and tasks. The knot was used in the navy for temporary mooring of boats and boats.

Sequence of tying a pirate knot

  1. Form a simple loop behind the support. Fold the root end of the rope into another small open loop.
  2. Place the second open loop around the support in front and insert it into loop 1.
  3. Form a small open loop at the running end of the rope and, circling the root end of the rope, pass over loop 1.
  4. Place loop 3 into loop 2.
  5. Tighten the knot.

How to tie nautical knots video

A useful sea knot. Knits easily and quickly

How to tie a sea knot. Figure Eight knot video

The figure eight sea knot is used to join two ropes together and create a thick point at the end of the rope.

15 Most Essential Sea Knots video

Encyclopedia of sea knots. How to tie a knot watch video.

Based on materials from the bookLev Scriabin “Sea Knots”

7. QUICK-RELEASE KNOTS

Untied simple knot(Fig. 91). This knot serves well as a simple stopper, which can be quickly released even under cable tension. When you pull on the running end, it will instantly come undone. It can be used in all cases where you need to temporarily secure something in such a way that the rope can be released at any moment.


Rice. 91. Untying a simple knot

Unleashing Eight(Fig. 92). If an ordinary figure eight (see Fig. 3) is made with a loop, that is, the running end folded in half is passed into its last loop, then we will get a good quick-release stopper.


Rice. 92. Untied Eight

Untied running simple knot(Fig. 93). A running simple knot (see Fig. 82) can be easily converted into a quick-release knot without changing its function, i.e. using it as a running knot, and not as a quickly untied knot. To do this, you need to insert the running end, folded in half, into its loop. In this case, it will have two properties at once - it will tighten and quickly untie if you pull the running end sticking out of the loop. With the help of this knot, you can moor the boat behind the shore bollard in such a way that, if necessary, the painter can be released without leaving the boat, by pulling the running end, which is left long enough. This is a very common knot. In any case, all over the world they use it to tie horses by the bridle to a leash. To prevent the knot from accidentally coming undone, the end of the bridle is inserted into the loop (Fig. 93. b).



Rice. 93. Untied running simple knot
A - first knitting method; b - second knitting method

Reef node(Fig. 94). It got its name from the word “reef-shtert” - a small end of the cable tied into the canvas of the sail, which was used to “take reefs”, that is, they tied a part of the sail selected to the lower luff of the sail or to the boom in order to reduce its area when strong wind. On large sailing ships with straight rigging, reefs were taken using reef lines - the flat ends of the cable, which were used to tie the upper luff of the sail to the reef line. The reef-tzgerts were connected in such a way that at any moment, if necessary, they could be untied or, as the sailors say, “torn apart.” A reef knot was used for this purpose. It is very similar to a straight knot and is knitted in the manner shown in Fig. 25, except that when tying the second half-knot, its running end is threaded into the loop folded in half. When you pull on the running end, the knot instantly unties.

In maritime affairs, this knot is used for tying the tarpaulin covers of lifeboats, winches, compasses and other instruments on the upper navigation open bridge.

This knot is commonly known as “a knot with one bow.” It is familiar to everyone; many tie their shoelaces with it. In principle, this is a simple and useful knot.

Double reef knot(Fig. 95). It is sometimes called a halyard knot. But sailors almost never use it: a reef knot is enough for them to temporarily tie the rods and other ends together. In Vladimir Dahl's dictionary it is called “loop knot” And “burdock (bow)”. It is often called byte node. It is knitted in the same way as a straight knot, but in the second half-knot the running ends of the cable are tied folded in half. This is an indispensable knot for tying shoe laces, ropes, bows on the neck and bows in the hair, as well as on packages and boxes.



Rice. 43. Double reef knot

Untying weaving knot(Fig. 96). Excellent weaving knot - “ brother” to the clew knot. It can be improved if the running end of the cable is passed under the main one, folded in half. At the same time, it will hold just as securely, but can be untied at any moment, even under tension.


Rice. 96. Untying weaving knot

Kalmyk node(Fig. 97). It is one of the practical and reliable units. Its name speaks about how it appeared in our country. And although the Kalmyk steppes do not evoke associations with the sea and ships, it has long been used in the navy. Foreign sailors do not know him, and, oddly enough, he does not appear in any of the numerous manuals on tying knots published abroad.

In Fig. 97 dan circuit diagram knitting of the Kalmyk knot, which shows only relative position the ends of the cable relative to each other. In practice, this beautiful knot is knitted almost instantly as follows.

Place the running end of the cable behind the object and take it, slightly away from the end, from above with your left hand thumb to yourself. Right hand Place the main end on top of the left fist, in which the running end is already clamped, and make a full turn around it with the main part of the cable. Then, with the movement of your left hand, move the root end under the root part of the large loop while simultaneously carrying the running end around the same part of the cable and then intercepting the running end with the fingers of your left hand. After this, carefully pull the running end in the form of a loop through the main end hose located on the left hand (by dropping the hose) so that the running end does not straighten, and tighten the knot with the main end.

The Kalmyk knot holds securely and quickly unties if you pull the running end. It is used for temporary fastening of the casting end to the mooring line when the latter is supplied from the vessel to the pier. It is used for attaching reins to a bridle, as well as for tying a horse in a stable. If you pass the running end, which is not folded in half, into the loop of the Kalmyk knot, then the knot will not be a quick-release one. In this form it is called Cossack knot.


Rice. 97. Kalmyk knot

Self-tightening knot(Fig. 98). If you pass the running end, folded in a loop, into the loop of this knot, the knot will still retain its main property, but can be quickly untied if desired. To do this, you just need to pull the running end.



Rice. 98. Untied self-tightening knot

Lifeboat node(Fig. 99). It is used when towing boats and while they are parked under fire at the side of the ship only in cases where there are people in them. First, the running end of the painter is passed into the bow boat eye, then under the first can, then it is carried from above around the second can, the end is brought out above the cable and again under the can, then the end of the painter is folded into a loop and placed under a hose made on top of the can. The boat knot is easily untied by pulling the running end of the painter lying on the can.


Rice. 99. Boat knot

Mill node(Fig. 100). Among the many clever knots for tying bags, this knot is considered one of the most common. In principle, this is the same figure eight, in the second loop of which the running end folded in half is passed. The knot is very convenient because it can be tightened tightly and quickly untied by pulling the running end.


Rice. 100. Mill node

“Wet” half bayonet(Fig. 101). Many knots, once wet, are difficult to untie. It often happens that in literally words have to be cut off. It was for this situation that the sailors came up with a knot called the “wet half-bayonet.” It is used for fastening painters and mooring lines to bollards, bollards and bitings. It is designed for strong traction and quick recoil. No matter how tightly the knot is tightened and gets wet, it can always be quickly released.


Rice. 101. "Wet" half-bayonet

Courier node(Fig. 102). It serves the same purpose as a wet half bayonet. After one carry around the pole, the running end is passed in a figure eight around the root end, then folded in half and inserted in the form of a loop between the loops of the figure eight and the root end. This knot does not untie as quickly as the previous one.



Rice. 102. Courier node

Bucket knot(Fig. 103). Imagine that a climber needs to climb down a rope from a height. He is walking alone, and he has only one rope, which he still needs. What can you do to take the rope with you when you descend from a height? It’s very simple: you need to secure the rope with a bucket knot, go down along its root end and, by jerking the long running end, untie the knot tied at the top. Using this “remotely untieable” knot, you can lower, for example, a bucket of water from a house window, place it on the ground and raise the rope up again.

Pirate node(Fig. 104). The principle of this unit is the same as that of a bucket unit. The only difference is that the loop is done differently.

These two original knots can be successfully used by climbers, firefighters and builders.