Love your videos, Capitain Bob! Thank you for taking the time. We sail a 1967 Bristol Corinthian 19 and just got a Cape Dory 25. Waiting for better winds in August to launch it (we are in the Chilean central coast). So far this winter has been pretty nasty.
Thanks for the video. Why would I not just use two half hitches? I have heard the advantage of the clove hitch, for fenders at least, is the ease of adjusting the height of the fender. With the half hitch added, you seem to lose that advantage.
Hello Captain Bob, this and all your other videos are easy to follow along and I can do the knots. Thank you, so far I feel comfortable with the square knot, sheet bend, clove hitch and figure eight. Can you please recommend what other knots I should try?
Would this be useful to temporarily hold dock lines from a 50' yacht to the dock before the final tying location is set? I am often the one jumping to the dock and grabbing lines/pulling the boat closer in before my FIL or hubby jumps down and puts the ropes in their final secure location and ties them off. I usually just throw the lines under the bull rail (very large bull rails here in Alaska) and hope the boat holds its position while I grab other lines or wait for one of the guys to tie them off. Thanks much😁!
Hope you are using the hitch often as yew sail the Ocean. Don't forget to secure the clove hitch with a half hitch. Make sure your fenders don"t go adrift.
No lie, I tied a clove hitch to a limb the other day. Then thought that the rocking of the boat may loosen the knot so I backed it up with a half hitch... Hard to re-event something that's already known doh.
