Reeds knot handbook [[electronic resource] ] : a pocket guide to knots, hitches and bends / / Jim Whippy

• Autore: Whippy Jim
• Pubblicazione: London, : Adlard Coles Nautical, 2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (129 p.)
• Disciplina: 623.88; 623.88/82; 623.8882
• Soggetto topico: Knots and splices; Ropework
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Copyright; Contents; INTRODUCTION; Fibres, tools, terms and techniques; OVERHAND KNOTS AND HITCHES; Albright special; Boom hitch; Buntline hitch; Double overhand knot; Fireman's chair knot; Fisherman's knot; Hunter's bend; Overhand shortening; Perfection loop; Reef knot; Round turn and two half hitches; Taut-line hitch; Zeppelin bend; FIGURE-OF-EIGHT KNOTS; Figure-of-eight knot; Figure-of-eight bend; Figure-of-eight hitch; Flemish bend; Stevedore's knot; BOWLINES AND BENDS; Bowline; Bowline on a bight; Heaving line bend; Inuit bowline; Lapp knot; Round-turn bowline; Sheet bend ; Simple simonTwin bowline bend; Water bowline; CROSSING KNOTS; Clove hitch in the bight; Ground-line hitch; Rolling hitch; Pole lashing; Sailor's gripping hitch; Snuggle hitch; WRAP AND TUCK KNOTS; Angler's loop; Common rope seizing; Common whipping; Constrictor knot; Heaving line knot; Jack Ketch's knot; Perfected whipping; Scaffold knot; Triple fisherman's knot; OTHER USEFUL KNOTS; Alpine butterfly knot; Carrick bend; Catspaw; Halyard hitch; Jury mast knot; Knute knot; Lighterman's hitch; Monkey's fist; Mooring hitch; Ossel knot; Post hitch; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: All boaters need to have a repertoire of reliable knots and splices they can call upon in many situations, both on board and at the dockside. This handy pocket guide, part of the bestselling Reeds Skipper's Handbook series, is a quick aide memoire for experienced sailors, but also provides novice sailors with all they need to know to master the most useful knots and splices they will need on a regular basis when going to sea. Each knot gets a double page spread with a clear photograph showing what the finished knot should look like, and step-by-step diagrams accompanied by straightforward inst
• Titolo autorizzato: Reeds knot handbook
• ISBN: 1-4081-3952-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463093503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II