Raritan Marine Holding Tank Specialists Talk About the Best Sailing Knots to Use
Raritan Marine Holding Tank Distributors Share Great Knot Tying Skills With You Raritan Engineering would like to share with you this week these awesome knot tying skills that will make your journeys much more enjoyable. I’m as prone as anyone to being enchanted by the big picture—but I learned quickly where that can lead. About 10 miles off the coast of Colombia, in a gale that tragically swept a poor French cruiser right off his boat, the smallest cheapest block on board our little ketch exploded in a mess, leaving the club-footed staysail swinging around the foredeck like a Louisville slugger in the arms of an angry Skunk Ape (that’s Florida-speak for Big Foot). The article looked at a seemingly mundane subject, the kind of article no one but a serious sailor would take notice of, but the implications were far reaching. The most familiar knot of this type is a rolling hitch. While an ordinary rolling hitch might work fine on an awning, it loses its effect...