[Rhodes22-list] Zoon Dinghy Knot was Splices and knots

Todd Tavares sprocket80 at mail.com
Fri Feb 20 10:32:46 EST 2004


   Slim,
   Could you be describing a ""highway man's hitch"? It is so named
   because bank robbers in the old west would use this knot instead of a
   clove hitch to tie their horses to the hitching post.
   [1]http://www.iland.net/~jbritton/highwaymanshitch.htm

   Todd

   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Steve Alm
   Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 04:19:39 -0600
   To: Rhodes
   Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Zoon Dinghy Knot was Splices and knots
   > Nope. Oh well, never mind... 8-)
   > Slim
   >
   > On 2/20/04 4:11 AM, "Steve Alm" wrote:
   >
   > > Trying another way of attaching the draw document...
   > >
   > > On 2/20/04 4:03 AM, "Steve Alm" wrote:
   > >
   > >> Thanks, Mark, I love learning new knots--must be the boy scout in
   me 8-)
   > >> and that's a great site.
   > >>
   > >> Allow me to share one that many probably don't know because it
   isn't in any
   > >> of the books and they might find pretty handy--the Zoom Dinghy
   Knot:
   > >>
   > >> Origin: Taught to me by my friend, Judy--boat co-owner and former
   cruiser.
   > ; >> She met the owner of the S/V Zoom in the Caribbean. He had a
   dinghy. When
   > >> you're stepping in and out of the dinghy, it always seems like
   you have your
   > >> arms full--gas cans, groceries, gear; he wanted a slippery,
   one-handed knot
   > >> that would release his dinghy painter, but still be secure enough
   to tie up
   > >> with.
   > >>
   > >> Uses: This is a magic knot. It's very secure and at the same
   time, the
   > >> slipperiest knot you've ever seen. It can be used anywhere that
   you might
   > >> want a quick and easy release. One tug on the pigtail makes this
   knot
   > >> literally fly apart, off it's post, yet it holds it's payload
   like a champ
   > >> until you give it the one-handed release.
   > >>
   > >> I'm attaching a very crude drawing--it ain't gonna win no graphic
   design
   > >> awards, but I think you'll be able to get it with a little
   practice. As
   > >> you're tying the knot, you reach through the loops and say, "Take
   the long
   > >> and pull the short; Take the short and pull the long."
   > >> To untie this knot, just give a tug on the short (bitter) end and
   it flies
   > >> apart.
   > >>
   > >> Hope this attachment works.
   > >>
   > >> Slim
   > >>
   > >> P.S. Stay tuned for the "Flying Bowline"
   > >>
   > >> On 2/19/04 1:12 PM, "Mark Kaynor" wrote:
   > >>
   > >>> I just got these two links from the Tayana list - very cool
   sites.
   > >>>
   > >>> http://www.neropes.com/splice/default.htm
   > >>>
   > >>> http://www.grogono.com/knot/
   > >>>
   > >>>
   > >>> Mark Kaynor
   > >>>
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References

   1. http://www.iland.net/~jbritton/highwaymanshitch.htm
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