Gripping sailor's hitch

The gripping sailor's hitch[a] is a secure, jam-proof friction hitch used to tie one rope to another, or a rope to a pole, boom, spar, etc., when the pull is lengthwise along the object. It will even grip a tapered object, such as a marlin spike, in the direction of taper, similar to the Icicle hitch, and it is much superior to the rolling hitch for that purpose.[1][2]

Gripping sailor's hitch
CategoryHitch
RelatedSailor's hitch, rolling hitch, Icicle hitch
ReleasingNon-jamming
Typical useTie one rope to another rope, boom, spar, shaft, etc., and pull lengthwise.
Michoacan-Martin
Step by step for Gripping Sailor's Hitch
Step by step for Gripping Sailor's Hitch

Tying

edit

See also

edit

Notes

edit
  1. ^ Sometimes incorrectly presented under name Sailor's gripping hitch. It is a gripping version of the Sailor's hitch, not a Sailor's version of a (non-existent) Gripping hitch.

References

edit
  1. ^ "Sailor's Hitch". Notable Knot Index. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Testing Sailing Knots that Really Grip". Inside Practical Sailor. Belvoir Media Group, LLC. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
edit