Knotting and splicing:
Every young yachtsman should learn to make the simple knots and splices. Nothing looks worse than to see on a boat a lot of rigging that is knotted or fastened together in a lubberly fashion. There is no need of learning the fancy knots, unless you want to, but you should know how to make the following knots, etc.:
- Square or reef knot,
- Figure eight,
- Overhand,
- Fisherman’s bend,
- Carrick bend,
- Clove hitch,
- Half and whole hitch,
- Bowline,
- Bowline-on-a-bight,
- Sheet-bend,
- Rolling hitch,
- Wall and crown,
- Sheep-shank,
- Short splice,
- Sailmaker’s splice,
- Cut splice,
- Eye splice,
- Whipping, common,
- Whipping, Spanish,
- Serving,
- Mousing,
- Plain, stitching,
- Herringboning.