If you are a fan of navigation for a long time or have just started your nautical adventure in a rental boatyou know that knots sailors are a must. A fundamental ability that becomes a frustration for many and many, especially if you are a beginner in the subject.
There are nearly as many types of knots sailors as fish in the sea, each of which is more complex than the previous. Have you ever heard talk of the knot forks-of-dog? What about daisy? The list is infinite, but we do not alarming. In your learning of knots sailors it is important to go slowly, starting with the easiest. And is that these are also needed and can get you out of many troubles, both in navigation and in your daily life. So, as they say, “it is better to know a knot and not need it, than need a knot and not know it.”
Before you start, therefore, we have to understand the three parts of the cape:
- Chicote: free end of a cape, which is used to turn and make a knot sailor.
- Firm: part of the headland on which works, chicote, being the piece strong and stressed.
- Breast: part located between the two extremes above, which has no tension or works.
Learn more about the terminology nautical in this video.
Step-by-step, the four knots sailors easier:
As a guide
We started with the knot a sailor most known and used on-board. The Ace guide is a knot basic but it has multiple uses and advantages. For example, among other things, is used to moor a norai, or to attach the sail to the ends that allow us to handle it during navigation. We will use this type of knot sailor when we need to a knot safe and strong, which hold the tension without release or leak.
- We do a strip.
- We introduce the chicote within the gaza strip by the part of the place that is down.
- We turn around the firm.
- As we enter the interior of the gaza strip.
- Tie strong.
So, the big boy is left to us by the inner part of the gaza strip, but also we can do to make it in by the outer part. It will depend on whether we turn to the firm for one side or the other.
Plain
This second knot sailor is one of the most practical and comfortablesince also we can serve in our day-to-day. In fact, it is used to tie two ends of the same type and thickness, as can be shoe laces or ribbons gift. Although it is not the strongest ties, yes he has a good grip. But, above all, we will not use it if we want to join ends of sections are very different.
- We take the two chicotes of a cape and make a half knot.
- Pull a little and do a second half knot in the opposite direction.
- I throw away stronger and we already have it!
It is important to make sure that every chicote out parallel and symmetrical to your firm. Have you seen how easy?
Ballestrinque
Between the knots sailors easy, the Ballestrinque is the most used to fasten the ends to the poles or masts, usually rounded. This relationship is fairly common thanks to your tie fast and easy adjustment. For example, it is used to strengthen the defenses to the railings of the boat, or to tie around the rudder in the pathway.
- Give it a half turn to the rod, pole or mast.
- Throw away the out in order to have enough length.
- We crossed over the firm.
- Give it another half-turn, side by side, in the same direction, leaving the chicote under the sign of this last lap.
- Pull and, voila!
The most important thing is that the knot have a dc voltage and not from different angles, since they may come loose. The trick to this is making a couple of cotes.
Eight
This knot sailor is one of the most important and employees to avoid the tip of a cape dispose when you reach the end. That is to say, which do stop or does not exit their couplings, pulleys, or guides, among others. Keep in mind that the knot in eight is pretty easy to undo, so it has that tighten and tighten with force, leaving a piece of out standing at the end.
- We do a strip.
- We set up the cudgel above the sign.
- We introduce the cudgel in the loop on the bottom.
- Oh, and throw as hard as we can!
Step-by-step and with patience, you will master these knots, sailors and many more. Do not despair, it is all a matter of practice. Trust in you, that we already do! Now just need to get on a boat and teach what you have learned. Have you thought about getting a boating license in Malaga?
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