Animated Knots by Grog™

TIE KNOTS THE FUN AND EASY WAY

Better to know a knot and not need it, than need a knot and not know it.

Welcome

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Boating

Welcome to the most popular website about knots. Start with The Basics, Find a Knot by Name, or select a Section in the row above. Each animation can be controlled: step through with the arrow keys, use your mouse, or choose the speed. There is additional information beneath each animation.

Website Changes

In January 2012 we initiated the Splicing Section including pages about Brummel Splices. We added Lashings, the Barrel Hitch and Merit Badge Requirements to the Scouting Section, the Poacher's Knot and the Short Splice to the Boating Section, the Non-Slip Mono to the Fishing Section, the Lanyard (Diamond) Knot and the Ocean Plait Mat to the Decorative Section, with many new photographs elsewhere.

Ropes and Fibers: We have also introduced a new section with three pages about rope: Rope Properties; Common Rope Fibers; and a Table of Fiber Properties.

Help Us with the Origin of a Name

We are still interested in finding the origin of the name Brummel Splice. If you know of anyone who worked on yachts as a rigger in the 1980's, ask them if they remember. If you find an answer, please Contact us. Thank you - Grog.

App News

Good News: the iPhone App was updated on February 22, 2012. Apart from one free App, it remains the most popular Knot-Tying App. The Android App (released Sept. 2011) will be updated shortly.

Disks and Downloads

The original Small-Image Version of this website is available either on a disk or via a download to run on your own computer with no internet connection. With fewer images, faster, advertisement-free, and convenient, it is an excellent gift or training tool for: Yachtsmen; Climbers; Fishermen; Scouts; Arborists; and Search & Rescue Workers. View the content and appearance on the Old Website.

Safety:

Rope, and the sports associated with rope, can be dangerous. Wrongly handled, gripped, or tied, rope can kill, maim, or burn. You could be the victim!  So, handle rope with care, inspect and test any knot you tie, and respect any rope subject to a heavy load, e.g., a rope controlling a large sail, a mooring rope when you are docking or berthing, and especially your own climbing rope.

Never control heavily loaded rope or fishing line with bare hands. Control rope by taking two or more turns round a winch, cleat, or post, and use appropriate equipment for fishing line. The danger associated with heavily loaded lines is too often learned by experience – often very painful and occasionally lethal.

Knots Weaken Rope

They do!   Angles, kinks, and knots, stress the fibers unevenly and weaken rope. If this concerns you, you are using rope that is not strong enough. Some knots in some ropes have been claimed to only weaken a rope to about 80% of its rated strength; other knots can weaken some rope to as little as 40%. For safety, therefore, assume that even brand new rope will perform at no more than 50% of its rated breaking strength. And, if the rope is old, worn, or damaged by sunlight or chemicals - expect considerably less. For some useful test results visit Dave Richards' Knot Break Strength vs Rope Break Strength on the National Speleological Society Website and Tom Moyer's website for: High Strength Cord Testing, Euro Death-Knot Testing, and Rope Gear and Testing,

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