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Stability and Trim Glossary Included 

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Common Knots

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   Common Knots

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40 Common Knots, Hitches, and Bends

  1. blackwall hitch

  2. bow knot

  3. bowline

  4. bowline on bight

  5. cats paw

  6. chain hitch

  7. clove hitch

  8. double carrick bend

  9. double figure eight

  10. double overhand knot

  11. double sheet bend

  12. figure eight knot

  13. fisherman's bend

  14. fisherman's eye

  15. fisherman's knot

  16. granny knot

  17. half hitch

  18. halyard bend

  19. hitching tie

  20. killick hitch

  21. lariat loop

  22. larks head

  23. marlinspike hitch

  24. midshipman's hitch

  25. millers knot

  26. overhand knot

  27. overhand bow

  28. rolling hitch

  29. running knot

  30. sailors knot

  31. sheepshank

  32. sheet bend,

  33. slippery hitch

  34. square knot

  35. stevedore's knot

  36. surgeon's knot

  37. taunt-line hitch

  38. tiller's hitch

  39. timber hitch

  40. two half hitches

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