I did a demonstration of the quick release of highwayman's hitch in a scouting session but I ended up putting a lot of strain and the knot kind of locked up and failed horribly. I finally found a solution for it: the tumble hitch and its all thanks to you sir. Great video !
I was thinking to myself the other day I need to learn some good quick release knots and there you are! Like some sort of knot fairy. Great little video, very helpful for me mark. Thanks for sharing. Rob
Well done, mate, about time someone called out the highwayman's hitch it's neither use nor ornament under real stress but the simple adaptation you showed was a corker. I'll be using that, thanks a lot.
In my layman's opinion, the mooring hitch is widely misunderstood as a quick-release hitch, when its primary value is actually as an excellent friction hitch, as a superior option to a taut line hitch. Further, its friction level can easily be adjusted, and it can even be "locked" in place to prevent it from sliding on the standing end after adjusting it. It's a little gem.
Great comment! To adjust, grab the standing end and push the knot away from you. To pull the knot towards you, go to the far side of the knot and make sure you grab the part of the rope that is the continuation of the standing end, otherwise it won't slide. This is the part emerging from under the pole in the video. To lock it down, grab the other part (the part going over the top of the pole in the video) and pull the knot towards you; if you do this it will no longer be adjustable.
@@hikingwithrosy Continue shooting the videos like this! You've got a great talent of explanation and demonstration the knots. It is really important for a man to know such things!!
I tried these using a wooden rolling pin, which is smooth and has much less friction than a tree branch. The highwayman and tumble hitches both performed poorly in my hands, and the mooring hitch has the problems pointed out in the video. I learned recently that canyoneers have various quick release knots for ‘ghosting’- rappelling down a rock face and recovering the rope without leaving any trace such as slings or other attachments. One is the macrame knot - from what I read and from my own brief experiments, it seems secure so long as you don’t make a mistake. But I think current preference is a Stein (aka Stone) knot, which has a separate toggle on its own pull string. It is easy to tie and for a non-life-and-death situation I think any toggle would be ok. Additional precautions would be in order if you are trusting your life to it.
Just put a toggle in the loop... problem solved with the highway mans hitch... cool informative viddy Mark, I really do need to swat up on my knots... I'm rubbish at learning stuff like that. Nice one, Lee
Thanks Lee. Yeah, TBH I always put a bit of wood in all of these type of knots. It makes sense. Nobody likes falling on their @rse when the knot slips out unexpectedly! 😄
Great instructional video! I will try them out 😊 not sure if the end was supposed to be funny, when you were hanging from the rope, but It made be chuckle 🤭😂
Thanks for sharing. You may want to have a look at another way to tie the painter’s hitch and that’s to start with a bite or loop as you cal it rather than a single strand. The painter’s knot or mooring hitch can be remembered as a bite and a bite and a bite. You may find it’s a more secure way to tie that particular knot. Just a suggestion.
Know it's an extra step but for mooring and highwayman hitches you can use toggles in the bights. That will keep the bights from "working free". When you want them loose pop the toggle out, snap them unbound and go.
Yeah, that’s a good idea. I think in reality I tend to do that a lot with these sort of knots. Gives you a bit of extra insurance with no real down side. Thanks for watching and commenting! Good point! 👍
Yeah, that’s a good idea. I think in reality I tend to do that a lot with these sort of knots. Gives you a bit of extra insurance with no real down side. Thanks for watching and commenting! Good point! 👍
Painter is nautical term for a smaller tender vessel associated with the 'parent' boat. It's called a 'painter' because if you're on the water but doing painting on the hull you need a seperate vessel. 🤓I wish I was better at knots though 😎👍👏👏👏
As far as I can work out, the Mooring Hitch is MEANT to settle in the way you demonstrate when you were trying to work it loose. Once settled, the quick release faces the same direction as the bight it is pulling on. It is therefore much harder to release and requires a sharp tug to do so. This is just what's needed when mooring your boat up by its painter, greatly reducing the risk of an accidental release.
Maybe you could make a kalmyk loop. If you need to have tight rope around the branch you can still make the kalmyk loop and thread the rope through the kalmyk loop to create a sinching loop. In any of those cases the kalmyk loop will easily get released.
You use wrong way to tighten the mooring hitch: The mooring hitch can slide along the standing part (A-B); a pull on the other parts (C,D) can lock it into place, forming a fixed loop also known as the Lapp knot. (Eng Wiki) This way opens You new features of this hitch/knot! And it will be easy to release, in did!
The Tumble Hitch was pretty good Rosy but I don'think I'll be using the Mooring Hitch. The quick releases on the first two were good. Hey, my names Mark. A good old 60's name so they say. Any way, I trust you're well. Mark
Thanks Mark. Yep I’m fine. I’ve found a better way of doing the mooring one so might try using it out in the woods next time. I think my parents were influenced by their religion when naming us. My brother is Paul and my sister is Ruth.
Nice video. Good to see the knots tested. Your mooring hitch is _not_ a painter hitch, which seems to be: loop over bar, standing end loop through, working end loop through that, cinch. It has two 'threads' over the bar, and pulls away very cleanly without snaking round the bar. I'd love to see it added to your video. ( eg ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qlSo42fYZM0.html)
