Knots for Fenders - Tips & Tricks

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J Maudsley - 5 years ago

On the slipping hitch I put the loose tail through the loop so there is now way the knot can be accidentally dislodged but everything is still able to be speedily removed

Jose Peixoto - 5 years ago

The welds on that railing are something...

Prometheus - 5 years ago

0:40 I know nothing about popup cleats, but there is no way that ugly mess is the 'right way'.

craig grech - 5 years ago

Well that was informative... not

tom thompson - 5 years ago

if you think thats how to use a cleat ,,, keep at it , on toy Tupperware boats it may be fun , in the real world its about as funny as the coils that people make out of rope on the pontoons.

Jovanbar - 5 years ago

Boat babe

Carl Senden - 6 years ago

A hitch and a knot are not interchangeable names.

Why have you subscribed? - 5 years ago

But a hitch is a type of knot

John Evans - 6 years ago

interesting demonstration. slip clove for fender agteed. the use of your cleat is comical. A cleat of any sort is full wrap with 1 complete figure 8, this is proper and will hold. If you are showing a figure 8 with 2nd wrap wrapped under in line with flow of line. NOT wrapped back on top creaking a " hurricane hitch" which when pulled tight may require an axe to get loose. If you need more secured cleating. Wrap line around cleat 2-3 times than a standard figure 8. Dont believe me try, this method is not only safe, able to get undone quickly but will hold tonnage.

John Green - 6 years ago

Nice demonstration. A question, captain. Why do I never see a stopper knot tied in the end the fender rope? A stopper knot - like a barrel knot, or fig-8, or stevedore, etc. - will stop the fender from clumsily slipping thru one's hand/hands due to a momentary lapse of concentration ... caused by any number of distractions ... and ending up in the drink???? A stopper doesn't really get in the way of tying a clove, standard or slipped. Seems like a good idea to me, but I just don't see it done.

I also have a knot/hitch very, very similar to the clove that you may wish to explore - a Spar Hitch. It's actually more secure than a clove, just as easy to tie, and is perfect for hanging objects like a fender ... yet it's infrequently used. Here's another captain's article about the Spar Hitch - always fun to learn/try/compare new techniques ...

https://captnmike.com/2011/03/29/spar-hitch/