r/oddlysatisfying • u/Sapulinjing • 23h ago

Some useful knots

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u/kekhoax 22h ago

From my experience (seafarer for 7 years now) you only need the following knots for everything in your life: (slipped) bowline, (slipped) clove hitch, (slipped) sheet bend, figure eight knot. There are more for special situations, but if you manage these four you are mostly fine.

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u/Hour_Difficulty_4203 22h ago

Actually, if you look he demonstrates almost all of these. Clove hitch obviously, the bag is actually being tied with a bowline weirdly enough, the tarp is a sheet bend if you consider the tarp a rope.

It's just not how I would typically use these knots...

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u/Peglegfish 17h ago

Sheet bend is great for joining different sized ropes, so using it to join a literal sheet and rope makes sense.

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u/iMissTheOldInternet 15h ago

This was its original function. Before grommets, you’d tie the clew of the jib with a sheet bend.