Sailing knots

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Here are a collection of sailing knots for Small-Boat Sailing, Motorboating, and Canoeing merit badges as well as Sea Scout Able, Apprentice, Ordinary, and Quartermaster.

The square knot, bowline, clove hitch, two half hitches, and figure eight are included in the Boy Scout Knots page.

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Cleat Hitch

Animation of how to tie a Cleat Hitch

Required for

• Small-Boat Sailing #7a: Square (Reef) Knot - Clove Hitch - Two Half Hitches - Bowline - Cleat Hitch - Figure Eight
• Sea Scout Apprentice #5. Square Knot - Bowline - Clove Hitch - Sheet Bend - Two Half Hitches - Figure Eight - Cleat Hitch
• Sea Scout Ordinary #:7. Overhand Knot - Stevedore's Knot - Bowline on a Bight - Timber Hitch - Rolling Hitch - Marline Hitch - Midshipman's Hitch - Double Bowline

Stevedores Knot

Animation of how to tie a Stevedores Knot

Required for

• Sea Scout Ordinary #:7. Overhand Knot - Stevedore's Knot - Bowline on a Bight - Timber Hitch - Rolling Hitch - Marline Hitch - Midshipman's Hitch - Double Bowline

Bowline on a Bight

Animation of how to tie a Bowline on a Bight

Required for

• Sea Scout Ordinary #:7. Overhand Knot - Stevedore's Knot - Bowline on a Bight - Timber Hitch - Rolling Hitch - Marline Hitch - Midshipman's Hitch - Double Bowline

Rolling Hitch

Animation of how to tie a Rolling Hitch

Required for

• Sea Scout Ordinary #:7. Overhand Knot - Stevedore's Knot - Bowline on a Bight - Timber Hitch - Rolling Hitch - Marline Hitch - Midshipman's Hitch - Double Bowline

Marline Hitch

Animation of how to tie a Marline Hitch

Required for

• Sea Scout Ordinary #:7. Overhand Knot - Stevedore's Knot - Bowline on a Bight - Timber Hitch - Rolling Hitch - Marline Hitch - Midshipman's Hitch - Double Bowline

Double Bowline

Animation of how to tie a Double Bowline (French Bowline)

Required for

• Sea Scout Ordinary #:7. Overhand Knot - Stevedore's Knot - Bowline on a Bight - Timber Hitch - Rolling Hitch - Marline Hitch - Midshipman's Hitch - Double Bowline

Rolling Hitch

Animation of how to tie a Rolling Hitch

Midshipman's Hitch

Animation of how to tie a Midshipman's Hitch

External links

• Animated Knots: Basic Scout Knots - Forty Scout knots - Special Knots - Sailing knots - Fishing knots - Folsoms Knots - Animatedknots.com - Great Animations - More Animated Knots - More great Animated Knots - Still more - Knot Videos - Basics Videos - Basics2
• Other Knot Links: Advanced knots - Ropers Knots Page - Climbing Knots - Fishing knots - Knots Index
• Notable Knot Index - shows quick method of tying
• Hitch Knots - including instructions
• All lower rank knots (2MB PDF)
• When to use knots lashings (152K PDF)
• Sea Scout Knots
• Ropers Knots Page Practical knots
• Knot Gallery (GIF format)
• Rock Climbing Knots
• Animated knots (Javascript)
• Knots Index
• Fishing knots
• Ian's Shoelace Site
• International Guild of Knot Tyers
• Notation describing methods of tying knots
• The Notable Knot Index
• Underground rope rescue knots