A pendant is a line or wire attached to the tack hook or shackle where you normally attach the tack of the headsail. This allows you to raise the foot/tack of the headsail off the deck.
Category Archives: Sailing Knots
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Pile Hitch
Category: Hitch
Applications: The Pile Hitch is a single fixed-loop knot that is easily tied and used for dropping over posts or bollards to act as a mooring hitch. The Pile Hitch offers a little more friction and is easily tied with a bight of line.
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Figure Eight Bend
Category: Bend or Joining
Applications:
The figure eight bend is a comparatively strong and secure knot for ropes of similar size and construction. It is less liable to jam and kinder to the rope in which it’s tied than a fisherman’s knot.
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Double Fisherman’s Knot
Category: Bend or Joining
Applications:
Use a Double Fisherman’s Knot in wet or slippery cords. It is a bulkier version of a Fisherman’s Knot. When used it rope and placed under strain, it may prove impossible to untie.
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Fisherman’s Knot
Category: Bend or Joining
Applications:
Use a fisherman’s knot to join cords of equal diameter and similar construction, when lengthening lashings.
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Figure Eight Loop
Category: Loop
Applications:
The figure eight loop was probably originally a climber knot that went to sea. It is preferred by some to the classic bowline because it’s easier to teach, remember and tie, especially when cold, wet and tired.
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