Rope Craft Red Merit

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Welcome
Rope Craft Merit
5 Lesson Plan DR Workbook Pages 235 236 Leaders
Red Merit Guide Pages 281 293 DR Leaders Guide
Pages 154 - 178
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4
Lesson 5
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Lesson One - Objectives

• You will be able to identify and label the parts
  of a rope.
• You will be able to explain the care of rope by
  proper coiling and storage.
• You will be able to demonstrate the proper
  technique of whipping the end of a rope and
  explain the purpose of doing so.

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Parts of a Rope

• There are three parts to a rope
• End Part of the rope used to tie the knot.
• Bight Next to the end (middle or central part of
  the rope, where knots are tighted).
• Standing Part Balance of the rope not being used.

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Parts of a Rope
1. Bight
2. End
3. Standing Part
DR Workbook Page 235, Question 1
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Rope Care

• Important to take care of your rope so it lasts.
• Always untie knots when done.
• Do not drag the rope on the ground.
• Store in a clean, dry, room or container.
• If used in salt water, rinse and dry before
  storage.
• Keep out of sunlight
• At season end, wash rope in mild detergent and
  dry before storage.

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Rope Care
How To Properly Coil a Rope

• Keep rope dry and clean as you work.
• Shake out twists and kinks, untie knots.
• Rope may naturally coil in one direction.
• Use foot to hold down rope as you coil, unless in
  dusty location.
• Hold in left hand and coil rope clockwise.

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Rope Care
How To Properly Coil a Rope

• Make even sweep with right hand and pull coils of
  same length to the left hand.
• Use your thumb to untwist as you coil, keep in
  place with your right hand.
• Wrap end of rope around middle, pull last loop
  over the end and pull the end to tighten.
• Best method is to use a hook and loop fasteners
  or a binding rope.

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Rope Care
How To Properly Coil a Rope
Pull Last Loop Over the Top and Pull the Free End
Wrap End Around Middle
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Rope Whipping

• A part of rope care is caring for the ends.
• All ropes fray if not properly taken care of.
• Synthetic ropes are flame seared.
• Synthetic ropes can also be taped (electrical or
  duck).
• Natural rope traditionally whipped using a
  smaller rope or sinew.

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Rope Whipping
Form Loop on Rope
Wrap Tight Circles Around Rope
Trim Ends A and B when done
Pull A to Draw B Under Windings
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Lesson Two - Objectives

• You will be able to demonstrate tying and explain
  the purpose of a figure eight knot.
• You will be able to demonstrate tying and explain
  the purpose of a square knot.

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Figure Eight Knot
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Uses As a stopper knot at the end of a rope, to
weigh down rope used on water, to decorate the
ends of rope.
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Figure Eight Knot

• How to tie
• Make underhand loop.
• Bring end around and over standing part.
• Pass end under then through the loop.

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Square Knot
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Uses For tying reefing sails, tying packages,
tying tourniquets, tying shoelaces, to complete
lashings.
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Square Knot

• How to tie
• Right over left and through.
• Left over right and through.
• Pull ends away from each other to tighten.

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Lesson Three - Objectives

• You will be able to demonstrate tying and explain
  the purpose of a sheet bend knot.
• You will be able to demonstrate tying and explain
  the purpose of a clove hitch knot.

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Sheet bend Knot
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Uses To join two ropes of unequal sizes, to join
two corners of a flag to the rope used for
raising the flag.
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Sheet bend Knot
Note Keep end on same side as larger ropes end.

• How to tie
• Form bight on larger rope.
• Bring thinner rope end through the bight.
• Twist over and under the bight, bring under
  itself, but on top of the thicker rope.

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Clove Hitch
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Uses To secure a tent pole, as a starter knot
for all lashing.
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Clove Hitch

• How to tie
• Make turn with rope around pole and over itself.
• Make a second turn around the post.
• Pull the end up under the second turn.
• Pull both ends to tighten.

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Clove Hitch

• How to tie, free hand
• Make underhand loop.
• Make second underhand loop on the standing part,
  next to the first.
• Place second loop behind first.
• Place over pole and tighten.

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Lesson Four - Objectives

• You will be able to demonstrate tying and explain
  the purpose of the two half hitches.
• You will be able to demonstrate tying and explain
  the purpose of the taut line hitch.

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Two Half Hitches
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Uses To tie a rope to a tree or boat to tie an
animal to a ring to make macrame crafts to
fasten a rope to a ring, hook, handle, pole,
rail, or beam.
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Two Half Hitches

• How to tie
• Rope end around pole, cross over standing part,
  make circle and pull through the loop.
• Cross over standing part a second time, circle
  and pull through the loop again.
• Pull end and standing part to tighten.

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Taut Line Hitch
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Uses To secure tent guy lines, to secure loads
on pickups and trailers.
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Taut Line Hitch

• How to tie
• Rope end around pole, cross over standing part,
  make two circles to the inside of the loop.
• Make another turn with end around standing part,
  bring over and under loop formed.
• Pull tight move hitch by pushing up or down
  standing part.

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Lesson Five - Objectives

• You will be able to demonstrate tying and explain
  the purpose of a bowline knot.
• You will be able to demonstrate tying and explain
  the purpose of the sheepshank knot.

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Bowline
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Uses To pull or lift people out of pits, holes,
gullies to tie one rope to another securely by
tying a bowline in the end of each rope and
hooking them together for running rigging and
for hoisting on a sailboat.
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Bowline

• How to tie
• Make overhand loop with end toward you.
• Pass end through loop, behind standing part and
  through the loop again.
• Draw tight by pulling end bight together verse
  the standing part.

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Sheepshank
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Uses To shorten rope, to tow boats on the
running rigging, to keep slack out of the way, to
shorten damaged line with the damaged area
passing through the knot.
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Sheepshank

• How to tie
• Make half hitch by twisting clockwise with left
  hand.
• Make two more half hitches same diameter as the
  first.
• Overlap the three hitches with the rope that goes
  to the right always under the loops.
• Widen the center hitch and pull it through the
  hitches on either side.
• Tighten by pulling on the standing parts.