Creed Posted March 27, 2004 Posted March 27, 2004 Here be a good link on learnin' ta tie knots! http://www.boatsafe.com/marlinespike/knots.htm You'd best start believin' in ghost stories, Miss Turner. You're in one.
Bully MacGraw Posted March 27, 2004 Posted March 27, 2004 Good link Lad. How many of us know the ropes? Those destined to hang, shall not fear drowning
capnwilliam Posted March 28, 2004 Posted March 28, 2004 I don't, I'm ashamed to admit! Can tie a bowline, and that's about it. But I plan to learn! :) Capt. William "The fight's not over while there's a shot in the locker!"
Capn_Enigma Posted March 28, 2004 Posted March 28, 2004 How many of us know the ropes? Had to learn the most useful knots by heart when I was in merchant navy. "The floggings will continue until morale improves!"
Rumba Rue Posted April 11, 2004 Posted April 11, 2004 Well I may not know me knots that well, but I've never had a man escape. Rumba Rue **Sweet, lovable, deadly**
the Royaliste Posted April 11, 2004 Posted April 11, 2004 I don't, I'm ashamed to admit! Can tie a bowline, and that's about it. But I plan to learn! :) Capt. William When I first broke into the construction trades, there was no 'OSHA', harnesses, safety lanyards, handrails, etc..Just a tool belt with a rope, an' a quick instruction on a bowline, otherwise, you didn't last the day, literally! ..a one-handed bowline was taught to me as a youth, luckily for my arse!
the Royaliste Posted April 11, 2004 Posted April 11, 2004 DUHH!!...The obvious, I tie 'em all, for every reason; riggers as me day job, 18th century vessel for a home, several sailing rigs, and 'o course plenty 'o marlinspike seamanship to embellish the above...On a 'name game', when ye all tie the 'Mast hitch', used to erect masts and provide three guy points, also providing the first working guy in the process, gimmee a call...you hit the big time!!!! :) But I'll re-state this, once again, as no one has come forward with a mast hitch yet....How about it.............Bully??......Anyone??
Katie Nameless Posted April 14, 2004 Posted April 14, 2004 I learned my piratin' early, tyin' my stuffed animals up to the chain-link fence in th' backyard when I was a wee lass. Trick was, I could never get th' knots undone! I had teh cut them out, and as a result, a few o' my stuffed animals have missin' limbs. This will prove to be useful when I hold inanimate objects for ransom in the future. Thanks much! "Oh, never, never, never again, If I live to be a hundred or a hundred and ten. I fell to the ground and I couldn't get up After drinking a pint of the Johnny Jump Up." ~"Johnny Jump Up" -Gaelic Storm "This is one race of people for whom psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever." -Sigmund Freud (on the Irish)
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