C15 BENDS AND HITCHES

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C15 - BENDS AND HITCHES
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PARTS OF A BEND OR HITCH
BIGHT ROUND TURN HALF-HITCH TWIST
OVERHAND KNOT
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A KNOT

• WHERE THE ROPE
• IS TIED BACK ON
• ITSELF, OR TIED
• IN THE END OF A
• ROPE
• SUCH AS A
• STOPPER KNOT

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A BEND

• IS A METHOD
• OF
• TEMPORARILY
• JOINING TWO
• ROPES

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SHEET BENDS
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A HITCH

• A METHOD OF
• JOINING ONE OR
• MORE ROPES TO
• A THIRD OBJECT,
• SUCH AS A RING,
• POST OR RAIL

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ROUND TURN 2 HALF HITCHES
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THE REEF KNOT

• TO JOIN EQUAL THICKNESS ROPE