Name this . .

[Grehan]

. . mooring technique

. . mooring line #1

. . mooring line #2

. . and guess what size/weight of boat they're used on.

 

[ProDave]

A steel cruiser on a canal or river, where the owner has a low expectation of finding his boat still there when he comes back.

 

[Seajet]

Optimist. That's the owner not the boat.

 

[AntarcticPilot]

The first one is surely the "Time Knot" from "The Art of Coarse Sailing"!

 

[Gin]

. . mooring technique

. . mooring line #1
:

This is the now well established Italian chef's knot created by Al Dente, known as

'The Spaghetti Hoop'

 

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This is the now well established Italian chef's knot created by Al Dente, known as

'The Spaghetti Hoop'

And I thought it was a bit of modern 'art' called The Snake Charmer!

 

[Simondjuk]

Did he not notice the rather solidly set looking concrete bollard as went to set his tiddly little spikes in the ground.

 

[Corribee Boy]

The remblance to a snake is a clue: It's to deter rats from using the mooring line as a gangplank and getting on board.

 

[Grehan]

The funny thing is, the crew member originally 'tied' (that is a relative term) up to the concrete vehicle bollard (which isn't exactly well founded, but . . ) and then changed his mind and banged in (not very far) two little steel bars. And then the 'knot'. The 'skipper' watched and then wandered off into the distance. I've seen knitting wool tangles more secure than that and some of my lines, given half a chance, create near-perfect knots just by being left alone in the locker.

Oh yes, the boat. About 25m long and 5m wide. How many tons? A lot.