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KNOTS, BENDS, AND HITCHES - 12018_236
Round Turn and Two Half Hitches

Basic Military Requirements (BMR) - Requirement for military advancement
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Bowline The bowline, with its many variations, has a lot of uses. Its chief use is to form an eye; but it can also be used to secure a line to a pad eye, to secure another ring around a stanchion or other object, or to bend two lines together. To tie a bowline, you should— 1.  Grasp the bitter end of the line in the right hand and the standing part in the left hand (opposite, if left-handed). Assuming you are using small stuff, the length of line between your hands should be about 2 feet. 2.  Throw an overhand loop counterclockwise near your left hand (clockwise near your right hand, if you are left-handed). 3.  Grasp the loop formed and hold it. Pass the bitter end up through the bottom of the loop, as shown in figure 7-17, view A. 4.  Pull the bitter end up through the loop, and pass it around behind the standing part of the line (fig. 7-17, view B). 5.  Pass the bitter end down through the loop beside the line that was pulled up through the loop (fig. 7-17, view C). 6.  To tighten the knot, grasp the standing part in one hand and the two lines passed through the loop with the other hand, and pull. Becket Bend The chief value of the becket bend is its use in binding together two lines of different sizes. If there is a great difference in sizes or the strain on the line is to be great, always use a double becket bend. To fashion a single becket bend, you should— 1.  Make a bight in one line and run the bitter end of the other line up through it, as shown in figure 7-18, view A. 2.  Pass the end around behind both parts of the bight and back under itself (fig. 7-18, view B). Figure 7-18, view C, shows how you make a double becket bend by simply taking another turn around the bight. (These bends are also known as  sheet bends.) Clove Hitch The clove hitch can be quickly and easily tied in several ways, and it will hold as long as there is a strain on it. Once the strain is taken off, however, the hitch must be checked and tightened to prevent the bitter end from pulling out when the strain is reapplied. To make this checking and tightening unnecessary, you lash a clove hitch with a half hitch around the standing part. To tie this hitch (fig. 7-19), you should— 1.  Take a turn with the bitter end. 2.  Pass the end across the standing part. 7-16 Student Notes: Figure 7-17.—Tying a bowline.







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