Sai tie knot?

[Little Rascal]

I've been shown before but forgotten. What in your opinion is the best sail tie knot?
My sail ties are just a length of rope with a bowline.

Thanks!

 

[sailorman]

I have webbing ones made up with a loop in one end, then a 1/2 hitch leaving a tail to pull to untie it

 

[johnalison]

I haven't joined this century yet. I use a continuous line with a sort of blanket stitch. The line is shiny and instead of the traditional buntlines hitch I have a neat way of keeping the tension on.

 

[vyv_cox]

I have always used webbing with a loop at one end and a highwayman hitch, which then takes only one pull to release, four ties. This season I bought a stackpack that has done away with all that.

 

[Little Rascal]

Buntline hitch - thanks, that's the one I had in mind.

 

[prv]

Buntline hitch - thanks, that's the one I had in mind.

Really? Seems an odd choice. The whole point of a buntline hitch is that it's very hard to undo, because the buntlines are attached along the foot of a square sail and so are always being shaken around. When we changed a topsail on Stavros, the Bosun said not to bother trying to untie them, just cut them off.

Are you sure that's the knot you mean?

(When we had sail ties I always just used a single slipped half-hitch through the eye. On the new boat we've joined the stack-pack brigade.)

Pete

 

[FistralG]

Slipped buntline hitch perhaps?

 

[rob2]

I'd suggest removing the bowline and using a reef knot. It's not a high load appication and most people can quickly tie and untie a reef knot blindfold.

Rob.

 

[Little Rascal]

Slipped buntline hitch perhaps?

Yes, that's what I meant, thanks.