Follow these sailing knots-tagged tutorials to learn all about sailing knots with WonderHowTo's collection of free how-to videos and articles, like Apply a cleat hitch knot, Attach a sheet to a winch when sailing, and Do a round turn & two half hitches.
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A cleat hitch is used to attach a line to a horn cleat. It is often used to secure a boat to a docking platform.
Keeping your fingers about a foot from the winch, wrap the line twice around, clockwise. More turns may cause an override. Pull the line ...more
A round turn & two half hitches are used to attach a line to a pole.
Taking down the mainsail is also called flaking the mainsail over the boom. The mainsail is lowered and laid side to side over the top of ...more
#1. Helmsman: "Get ready to gybe" The crew checks the sheets, secures the new working jib sheet and maintains tension on but uncleats the ...more
In a jibe, the the stern of the boat is passed through the wind. both the mainsail and the jib have to be adjusted. Ideally, this maneuver ...more
Interested in a sailboat? Want to learn how to sail? Tyler Pierce, Sail Instructor of the Offshore Sailing School at Liberty Landing ...more
Learn about different types of windless. Help you determine which one is right for your boat and how to use them.
This video shows roller furling of a jib in 5 knots of wind. Mild tensing is kept on the jib's sheet to enable the jib to warp tightly ...more
In the maneuver "Coming-About", the sailboat is turned by passing the bow of the boat through the wind. Only the jib has to be adjusted, by ...more
Learn how to tie a knot, but not just any old knot... a bowline triple knot. You'll never have any troubles again tying bowline triple ...more
Learn how to tie a knot, but not just any old knot... a heaving line knot. You'll never have any troubles again tying heaving line knots ...more
Learn how to tie a knot, but not just any old knot... a jury mast knot. You'll never have any troubles again tying jury mast knots, thanks ...more
Take a look at this instructional video and learn how to pivot turn in sailing. Simply put the rudder hard over to the right and leave it ...more
Learn how to tie a knot, but not just any old knot... a lineman's loop knot. You'll never have any troubles again tying lineman's loop ...more
Learn how to tie a knot, but not just any old knot... a masthead knot. You'll never have any troubles again tying masthead knots, thanks to ...more
Learn how to tie a knot, but not just any old knot... a monkey's fist knot. You'll never have any troubles again tying monkey's fist knots ...more
Learn how to tie a nautical knot, but not just any old knot... an ...more
Learn how to tie a nautical knot, but not just any old knot... an pedigree girth knot. You'll never have any troubles again tying pedigree ...more
Tokyo art student, Wataru Itou, spent four long years crafting his meticulous paper city, entitled "A Castle On the Ocean". The miniature papercraft city was constructed with ...
Yves Rossy, AKA Jetman, attempted to fly across the Atantic from Morocco to Spain yesterday. His homemade, jet powered wings "span 8 feet and are powered by four kerosene-fueled jet engines ...
Thinking of deep frying a turkey this Thanksgiving? Careful. Or this might happen: Luckily, Alton Brown (of Food Network) offers a thorough step-by-step on how to fry that bird. Hackaday has also ...
So, I suppose we're going both redneck and Thanksgiving turkey twice today (Redneck Slingshot Chick + Extreme Thanksgiving Recipes). Something about home for the holidays inspires... and this is ...
Well, maybe these folks aren't redneck. That is a pretty nice house, and that slingshot doesn't look too jery rigged. But the idea of a human slingshot is certainly redneck (and lotsa fun). Previously ...
