Completely revised and updated, the second edition of this popular and handy reference book covers all the most useful and practical knots, bends, hitches, whippings, and splices in everyday use by mariners. It also covers the most modern high-tech rope materials and constructions, which require special knotting and splicing techniques. Each knot, bend, and hitch is described, illustrated, and photographed in actual use. With one knot per page, the user never has to turn a page while tying. Soundings magazine said, “This small book lives up to its title. It covers all the average boater will ever need.” From the bowline and figure eight to the trucker’s hitch and the fisherman’s bend, here are the 27 knots, 5 whippings, and 12 splices every boater should know.Sailor’s Gazette calls it “the first book you should reach for right after you learn to throw a clockwise hitch on a cleat.”

The Essential Knot Book: Knots, Bends, Hitches, Whippings, Splices

Sports & Outdoors

Jarman, Colin

Water Sports

McGraw=Hill

With more than 100,000 copies sold, The Essential Knot Book is the most successful nautical knot book ever published. Now in full color for the first time, this deluxe twentieth anniversary edition retains the same low price as the previous edition. Special features include: <ul>
<li>All of the knots, bends, hitches, whippings, and splices a boater needs to know </li>
<li>How-to-tie drawings and instructions for each </li>
<li>Multiple photos of each knot in use on boats </li>
</ul>

The Essential Knot Book : Knots, Bends, Hitches, Whippings, and Splices

International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press

"Knots and Splices" is the bestselling truly pocket-sized book on rope and wire work, splices, and all types of knots, and has been continuously in print for almost 50 years. It has become the basic handbook showing how to tie the most useful and indispensable knots, bends and splices and has sold worldwide to sailors, campers, scouts, climbers, fishermen and outdoors people. Each straightforward explanation of how to achieve the knot or splice is accompanied by clear colour photographs of each stage, making learning easy. Thoroughly revised and updated by Colin Jarman, author of the highly successful "Knots in Use" for sailors, this book is essential for anyone interested in learning how to tie knots simply and quickly.

Knots & Splices

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Crafts & Hobbies

"The book is just what it claims to be, all the essentials. Just what you need to know, done up in a neat handy package ready to put on board." -- SAILING THE ESSENTIAL KNOT BOOK covers all the bends, hitches, whippings and splices used every day by anyone going to sea. It shows at a glance both how to tie the knot, bend or hitch, and how to use it most effectively in situ aboard. The straightforward text and excellent color photographs, coupled with QR codes linking to online video demonstrations, new for this edition, make this a very user-friendly book–a must-have if you're aboard any boat, large or small.

The Essential Knot Book

Buying or Selling a Boat

Business & Money

UNKNO

Modern Rope Seamanship: Synthetic and Natural Fibres

Engineering & Transportation

Beavis, Bill

Engineering

A C Black Publishers Ltd

More than 100,000 copies sold! Knots in Use is a bestseller amongst knotting books. Uniquely it shows at a glance both how to tie the knot, bend or hitch, and how to use it most effectively. It covers all the most useful and practical knots, bends, hitches, whippings and splices in everyday use by anyone going to sea. Colin Jarman's straightforward text and excellent colour photographs coupled with Bill Beavis' exceptionally clear drawings make this a very user-friendly book - ideal for the many evening class students who have relied on it over the years.

Knots in Use

Chronicles the history of international golf's most prestigious event, the biannual Ryder Cup, in which American players compete against European champions

The Ryder Cup: The Definitive History of Playing Golf for Pride and Country

Golf

Contemporary Books

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The Hole Is More Than the Sum of the Putts

A wickedly entertaining collection of caustic quips and witty criticisms.

The Book of Poisonous Quotes

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

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