What knot?

[sarabande]

Is there not just the glimp of another turn bottom right of the centre turn? This is peeing me off now.

I've looked carefully at that but think it is a bit of 'fur' from a strand.

I really can't see anyone repeatedly tying a bend which is needlessly complicated especially in three-strand nylon which is not easy to form small circles. There must be something out of sight which gives another clue.

I'm going to post a pic of my pathetic attempts to replicate it.

Close but no banana!

 

[agurney]

that's what it looks like at first, but have you tried to replicate it?

I have now. 90% of wot I said .. but I can't match it exactly

.. so on second thoughts it's probably a round turn and two half fankles.

 

[fisherman]

I had a crew who tied a round turn and two half uckit that'll do

 

[Salty John]

In the interests of Anglo-Texan knot-tying technology sharing I'll try to get back to that marina and gather more information. With luck I'll find the person who tied it and try to get an interview. At the very least I'll get a picture from another angle although this may require me to walk on water, a trick I haven't quite perfected yet.

By the way, it's 77F and sunny today.

 

[Deleted member 36384]

... By the way, it's 77F and sunny today.

That was uncalled for. Its 9 Celsius here and sunny as well.

 

[gandy]

There's a bit that's not clear to follow. Irrespective, I notice the frayed end with no whipping, and the fact that the line will chafe on that plank below the post. Might the knot be a bodge as well?

 

[claymore]

In the interests of Anglo-Texan knot-tying technology sharing I'll try to get back to that marina and gather more information. With luck I'll find the person who tied it and try to get an interview. At the very least I'll get a picture from another angle although this may require me to walk on water, a trick I haven't quite perfected yet.

By the way, it's 77F and sunny today.

How very extraordinary that Texas should be 2 degrees cooler than Gurt Eck.

Surely there must be better things to photograph than a bloody knot?

 

[Salty John]

Surely there must be better things to photograph than a bloody knot?

I'll try to get a shot of a square frying pan for you.

 

[Jim@sea]

The Stig now has a boat.

 

[Adamastor]

It's a Half-Turn and two B####es Round The Bend, I reckon.
Pretty good for tying up bandwidth, and it was originally used as a handy way to draw groups of ale-swillers together, but now more commonly seen in those quaint backwaters where they put to sea in traditional craft like flat-cut punts...

 

[lw395]

I think it's actually spliced through underneath where you can't see it.
The idea is, a boat thief will spend ages trying to untie it, getting more and more tangled. Meanwhile Texan boat owner shoots him!
Either that or it is intended to confuse the poisonous snakes that come aboard via mooring lines!
I've got a nice new bit of 3 strand here and cannot get it to look like that.

 

[Mike2309]

Anyone know what this knot is?
I saw it whilst strolling the docks at a marina in Texas today -(I'm on holiday in the USA).
The boat had four lines all using the same knot.

Could that mysterious centre turn be a spliced grommet which is used to adjust the size of the bight then held in place by the 2 hitches?

 

[LadyInBed]

Clove hitch and half hitch?

 

[lw395]

Could that mysterious centre turn be a spliced grommet which is used to adjust the size of the bight then held in place by the 2 hitches?

I thought along those lines but could not see sense in it.

 

[pampas]

Follow the bitter end and you will find (I hope) a clove hitch with a locking turn.

 

[lw395]

Follow the bitter end and you will find (I hope) a clove hitch with a locking turn.

That's what I did, but it's not the same.
Tried a few variations.
It's funny the rope in the picture is very tightly curved in some areas of the knot, much looser in others. Maybe it is an effect of a kink or flaw in that piece of rope?
I cannot see any great merit to the knot, unless it's like a thief knot, it will be very clear to the man who tied it if it has been messed with.

Hopefully the owner will be relaxed about tourists taking an interest!

 

[Salty John]

As promised, here is a picture of the knot from the other side and also a shot of the boat it's securing.

It's Thanksgiving here today so no-one was around to interview about the knot. It seems it's a knot used by the dockworkers because this boat is on one of the work docks.

 

[fisherman]

Got it! It's an M C Escher.

 

[Ex-SolentBoy]

I think it is a simple case of "If you can't tie knots tie lots".

 

[estarzinger]

Highpoint hitch (non-slipped version) with a half hitch on the tail.