Chapter 11 Lines Knots For Your Boating Skills

Lesson Objectives Boating Skills And Seamanship • Marlinspike seamanship • Rope • Use and care • How to store • Handling hardware • Useful knots • Securing boat lines Copyright 2014 - Coast Guard Auxiliary Association, Inc. 14 th ed. 3

Line vs. Rope Boating Skills And Seamanship • A rope is something you buy at the hardware store. • A rope becomes a line (usually) when you bring it aboard your boat Copyright 2014 - Coast Guard Auxiliary Association, Inc. 14 th ed. 4

Rope Materials Boating Skills And Seamanship • Nylon • Synthetic • Mooring/Anchoring • Polyester • Dacron • Synthetic • Polypropylene • Floats • Synthetic • Special ropes • Wire Copyright 2014 - Coast Guard Auxiliary Association, Inc. 14 th ed. 5

Rope Construction Boating Skills And Seamanship Laid rope Webbing Copyright 2014 - Coast Guard Auxiliary Association, Inc. 14 th ed. Reprinted with permission from Knots, Slices and Line Handling: A Captain’s Quick Guide by Charlie Wing 6

Best Type to Use Boating Skills And Seamanship • What to consider when selecting

Care of Rope Boating Skills And Seamanship • Coiling carefully to prevent kinks • Do not over stress – proper selection • Keep it clean and dry • Prevent chafing with chafing gear • Prevent fraying by whipping • Inspect often, especially wire rope Copyright 2014 - Coast Guard Auxiliary Association, Inc. 14 th ed. 8

Making Up a Line Boating Skills And Seamanship Flemish Faking Weather Hitch Gasket Coil

Student Activity Boating Skills And Seamanship • • 1 2 3 What are three types of Rope? Polypropylene (Ski Rope) Polyester (Dacron) Nylon (Elastic) Copyright 2014 - Coast Guard Auxiliary Association, Inc. 14 th ed. 10

Parts Of A Line Boating Skills And Seamanship • Working end • Bitter end • Tied to Vessel • Standing part • Main Part • Bight • Round turn • Overhand loop • Underhand loop • Turn • Bight around an object Copyright 2014 - Coast Guard Auxiliary Association, Inc. 14 th ed. 11

Stopper Knot Boating Skills And Seamanship Line tied to itself is a knot 1

Square/Reef Knot Boating Skills And Seamanship Do not use on heavy or critical load

Sheet Bend/Becket Bend Boating Skills And Seamanship • Bend • Ties one line to

Whipping a line Boating Skills And Seamanship • Tape line end to keep strands secure • Burn or melt loose strands at line end • Remove tape Copyright 2014 - Coast Guard Auxiliary Association, Inc. 14 th ed. 15

Chafing Gear Boating Skills And Seamanship • Keeps a line from damaging a boat

Clove Hitch Boating Skills And Seamanship • Clove Hitch • Will slip if not under tension • Finish with Half Hitch Copyright 2014 - Coast Guard Auxiliary Association, Inc. 14 th ed. Reprinted with permission from Nautical Knots Illustrated, Revised Edition by Paul Snyder and Arthur Snyder 17

Two Half Hitches Boating Skills And Seamanship • Hitch • line attached to object

Anchor or Fisherman’s Bend Boating Skills And Seamanship Secure way of attaching line to

Rolling Hitch Boating Skills And Seamanship Copyright 2014 - Coast Guard Auxiliary Association, Inc.

Bowline Boating Skills And Seamanship • Bowline • Forms a temporary loop Copyright 2014

Student Activity Boating Skills And Seamanship • Name the most versatile Knot and why

Splices Boating Skills And Seamanship • More permanent way to join two lines or form a loop (Eye) • Splice same size lines • Short Splice – Increases diameter of line • Long Splice – Does not increase diameter but does reduce strength of line • Eye Splice Copyright 2014 - Coast Guard Auxiliary Association, Inc. 14 th ed. FID 23

Securing Lines Boating Skills And Seamanship • Cleats • Used to secure lines for docking and anchoring Cam • Pulleys (called Blocks) Horned Jam Copyright 2014 - Coast Guard Auxiliary Association, Inc. 14 th ed. 24