KNOTS, BENDS, AND HITCHES
All thumbs when it comes to securing your boat and gear? In this hands-on program, you'll learn to tie the most useful knots using the included step-by-step USPS Guide Knots, Bends and Hitches. Take the materials home to practice the many other knots described in the guide. The McGraw-Hill book Knots, Bends and Hitches for Mariners is also available.
What’s Included?
- Practical skills
- Rope selection
- Marlinespike seamanship
- Rope versus line
- Size
- Parts of a line
- Classes of knots
- Line construction
- Strength
- Applications
- Common knots for mariners
- Care and handling