----- Original Message ----- From: Erik Sprenne <sprenne_at_netnitco.net> > > If this is the same hitch I'm thinking of, I learned it as a tautline > hitch. Tautline hitch was how I learned it too and I've since been taught a slight variation that I think is called the midshipman's hitch which does not slide as well but holds like crazy glue. It is the knot I use on bow and stern lines when cartopping, on tent lines and anytime I want to tie the end of a rope around an object and back onto itself. It involves slipping the second loop back over the first and appears a bit awkward but works great. Larry Koenig Baton Rouge,LA *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Jan 08 2000 - 14:44:28 PST
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