Fig. 12.
The diagram will show how it is formed. The hitch is prevented from slipping by the jamming of the rope between its own standing part and the stem of the hook.
Two Half Hitches ([Fig. 13]) are very useful for bending a rope to a ring, a boat’s painter to a post, and other purposes.
Fig. 13.
A Clove Hitch ([Fig. 14]) is employed to fasten a rope to a spar or to a stouter rope. In this way the ratlines are hitched to the shrouds, and a buoy-rope is fastened to an anchor.
