Tag Archive: knots

Quick Release Knot

This is a really useful knot that we could all do with learning – the Quick Release Knot. When rigging up a slip for easy exiting from a berth you could try this one instead.

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How to tie a Bowline – Part 2 (normal way)

OK so the rope is pink, but that makes it easy to see it. The butch American accent and the bright pink of the rope make me laugh. But my issues aside, this is a good lesson for anyone wanting to learn to tie a bowline (the normal, non-one-handed way).
Also, if you have an iPhone, [...]

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Top Sailing Applications for the iPhone

I simply love anything made by Apple. You can see this clearly from my re-post in Clubhouse of a post written mid 2008. Since writing that post I have acquired a white iPhone 3G, a Christmas present from my wife and daughter. It is simply brilliant in almost every way and I for one [...]

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