Manual of Military Training / Second, Revised Edition

by James A. Moss

Fig. 24	Fig. 25
Fig. 26	Fig. 27
Clove hitch

[1129]. Timber hitch, [Fig. 28], used for hauling and lifting spars. It can easily be loosed when the strain is taken off, but will not slip under a pull. When used for hauling spars, a half hitch is added near the end of the spar, [Fig. 29].

Fig. 28 Timber hitch

Fig. 29 Timber hitch and half hitch

Fig. 30
Bowline

[1130]. Bowline, [Fig. 30], forms a loop that will not slip. Make loop with the standing part of the rope underneath, pass the end from below through the loop, over the part round the standing part of the rope, and then down through the loop c. The length of bight depends upon the purpose for which the knot is required.

Fig. 31
Bowline on a Bight