Humblebee
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As shown in RYA Competent Crew and Day Skipper handbooks, Basil Mosenthal's Cockpit Companion and elsewhere, the knot looks like a round turn and a clove hitch, not two half hitches. Look at the knot formed by the working end around the standing part after the round turn has been made and it is a clove hitch, surely? Or am I missing something?