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thataway
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Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2015 1:52 pm Post subject: Knots |
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Here is a link which has not been posted for some time. This is keyed to Ashley Book of Knots (the encyclopedia of knots)
knots _________________ Bob Austin
Thataway
Thataway (Ex Seaweed) 2007 25 C Dory May 2018 to Oct. 2021
Thisaway 2006 22' CDory November 2011 to May 2018
Caracal 18 140 Suzuki 2007 to present
Thataway TomCat 255 150 Suzukis June 2006 thru August 2011
C Pelican; 1992, 22 Cruiser, 2002 thru 2006
Frequent Sea; 2003 C D 25, 2007 thru 2009
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olsurfdog
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Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2015 2:08 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you, Bob!!!
Most useful and fun- don't know how I've missed it.
Too cool, I love this site!! _________________ Michael
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Larry Patrick
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Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2015 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks ,like that site , need to learn more knots for fishing bimini twist ect, easy to learn on there. |
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Hunkydory
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Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2015 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, it's great to have. I have a tough time remembering specific knots, then I found this in downloadable app form for the IPad several years ago, so thereafter even without Internet, I can use the animated step by step process to tie what ever knot I need, no matter where I'm at.
Jay _________________ Jay and Jolee 2000 22 CD cruiser Hunkydory
I will not waste my days in trying to prolong them------Jack London
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Wandering Sagebrush
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Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2015 1:16 am Post subject: |
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Bob, thanks for posting this! Very helpful! _________________ "And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." - Abraham Lincoln |
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Rain
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Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2015 12:37 pm Post subject: Very Useful |
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That's great, Bob! Thanks. _________________ "I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine."
Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged |
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thataway
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Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2015 1:09 pm Post subject: |
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Jay mentioned the apps. Each about $5:
I-app
Android
Here are a few fishing knots (not an app) some of which are not covered by the apps.
Berley Fishing knots |
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Hunkydory
Joined: 28 Mar 2005 Posts: 2652 City/Region: Cokeville, Wyoming
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Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2015 2:06 pm Post subject: |
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thataway wrote: | Jay mentioned the apps. Each about $5:
I-app
Android
Here are a few fishing knots (not an app) some of which are not covered by the apps.
Berley Fishing knots |
Yes Bob, the One you linked to I App is what I have & it's $5 very well spent. |
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Pat Anderson
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Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2015 3:05 pm Post subject: |
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I should probably get the i-app. I can barely tie my shoes. I have to ponder, tie, untie, and retie (frequently more than once) anything more complicated. _________________
DAYDREAM - CD25 Cruiser
CRABBY LOU - CD16 Angler (sold 2020)
Pat & Patty Anderson, C-Brat #62!
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thataway
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Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2015 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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And some of us cannot button our shirts straight! |
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JamesTXSD
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Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2015 3:40 pm Post subject: |
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I had to pass a Department of Interior practical captain test (written and on-the-water). The guy administering the test said, "You need to be able to tie a bowline in 20 seconds or less."
No problem.
Then he said, "Oh, I meant you have to tie it behind your back."
That was a new one for me, and I just made it. I thought I was done with that part of the test.
Nope.
"You have to tie it behind your back, with your body in the loop."
My mind was racing while I made a bit of small talk to give me some time to think it out. Just made it.
That was the last of the "on land" portion of the test, then we headed out for a "workout" on the water. One of the things I had to do before shoving off was teach a first mate how to tie a rolling hitch.
As a former sailor, I had some working knowledge of the 5 or 6 knots we used most often.
I can see where an animated display would be very handy.
Jim |
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colbysmith
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Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2015 4:02 pm Post subject: |
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I could see where an animated display of pushing that moron of an inspector overboard would be better! lol You must have impressed an inspector that doesn't like to be impressed.... |
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thataway
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Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2015 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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At least he didn't ask you to do it one handed behind your back.
There are reasons for these type of tests. There are times when one cannot see the knot, and have to know how to tie it properly by feel. |
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hardee
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Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2015 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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Jim, Great job. It sounds like he was really giving you a workout.
I think the 2 knots I use most often are the bowline and the rolling hitch.
Harvey
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_________________ Though in our sleep we are not conscious of our activity or surroundings, we should not, in our wakefulness, be unconscious of our sleep. |
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Pandion
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Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2015 3:26 am Post subject: Re: Knots |
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thataway wrote: | Here is a link which has not been posted for some time. This is keyed to Ashley Book of Knots (the encyclopedia of knots)
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The website's animations are the best thing I've ever seen for quickly learning difficult knots. My wife was the officiant at a wedding a few years ago, and as part of the ceremony she had the bride and groom tie a carrick bend, which they learned with relative ease at the Animated Knots site.
To learn which knots to tie, pick up a used copy (for under $5) of Brion Toss's Chapman Knots for Boaters.
Start with the buntline hitch, which Toss calls "the most generally useful Hitch of all."
_________________
Andy Ryan
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