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From its birth in the Fall of 2005, this website has become progressively more popular. In the month of June 2009, the site attracted about 11,000 visitors a day. We plan to develop this site and re-photograph every knot at a higher resolution. In anticipation of the labor involved, and in the hope that you like our work, please visit our new Donations Page. We have also added a page to answer questions about our Name and Nickname.
This Website is also available as a program which runs on your own computer with no internet connection. The Download Version has just been introduced. The Download and the Disk are faster, advertisement-free, and more convenient; both make an excellent training tool and the ideal gift for: Yachtsmen; Climbers; Fishermen; Scouts; Arborists; and Search & Rescue Workers. Purchase your copy now.
Each section indexed at the top is devoted to the knots usually needed in that environment. Select the section that you need from the index above or from the pictures below. Alternatively, select an individual knot on the Knot List page.
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 try to control a heavily loaded rope or fishing line with your bare hands. Control rope by taking two or more turns round a winch, cleat, or post, and use appropriate equipment for fishing line. It is unfortunate, but true, that the danger associated with heavily loaded rope or fishing line is commonly learned by experience, which is often very painful and could be lethal.
They do! A great deal is written about which knots weaken a rope most. An angle, a kink, or a knot, stresses the fibers unevenly and weakens the rope. If this concerns you, you are using rope that's too thin. Although some knots in some ropes are claimed to only weaken a rope to about 80% of its rated strength, other knots weaken a rope to about 50%. It is therefore simpler, and certainly safer, to 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.
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| Visitors | 11,390 | 341,699 | 4,157,338 |
| Page Views | 76,991 | 2,309,716 | 28,101,581 |
The table on the right provides a summary of our Google Analytics statistics for visitors to the whole website based on the month of June 2009. Average time on site: 5:36 minutes. Average pages per visit 6.76.
The knots are grouped by area of interest which means that some knots will appear in more than one place. Select the area of interest you need with the buttons or the pictures above, or go to the The Knot List to find the knot by name. If you know what you want to do, but don't know the name, look in the Uses page for that area. For example, if you want to secure a boat's mooring line, go to the Boating Uses page and look under Secure Mooring Line.
Each knot automatically "ties itself" when the page opens. Fast and Slow buttons allow each animation to be replayed. Many of the animations can also be reflected left for right or inverted with the Normal, Mirror, Inverted, Rotated buttons under the title. To study each stage, the animation can also be played step by step: just move the mouse over the row of numbered buttons under the knot. For many knots an extra button, Structure, shows a picture which helps understand the way the knot "fits together".
Are you a company, club, or scout troop interested in teaching knot tying? All of this material is available for use with your logo at the top. To see examples and instructions go to the Logo Demonstration Page
Disclaimer: Activities involving ropes are potentially hazardous. Lives may be at risk - possibly your own. Considerable attention and effort have been made to ensure that these descriptions are accurate. However, many critical factors cannot be controlled, including: the choice of materials; the age, size, and condition of ropes; and the accuracy with which these descriptions have been followed. For this reason no responsibility is accepted for incidents arising from the use of this material.
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