{"id":39163,"date":"2022-02-06T17:39:20","date_gmt":"2022-02-06T17:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisbonsightsailing.com\/sailors-knots\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T17:26:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T17:26:00","slug":"sailors-knots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpml.lisbonsightsailing.com\/en\/sailors-knots\/","title":{"rendered":"Sailors\u2019 knots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Art of the Sailor, which many know only as an artistic expression, is first and foremost a set of cable solutions that are frequently used on board to solve the problems we face. <\/p>\n\n

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Among the many known and used sailors\u2019 knots, we will show you perhaps the most important and most useful ones.<\/p>\n\n

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Slipknot<\/h3>\n\n
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Sailors\u00b4 Knot – Slipknot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

This is effectively the simplest knot and is often the first step for more complex knots. When made at the rope end it serves as a temporary grip and can also be used to quickly prevent a cable from unreeving through an eye or a block. <\/p>\n\n

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Overhand loop knot<\/h3>\n
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Sailors\u2019 Knot – Overhand loop knot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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It is performed as if it were a slipknot at the centre of a cable and serves to provisionally adjust a cable, marking any measurement. The figure shows this knot after it is \u00ab tightened \u00bb. <\/p>\n\n

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Bowline knot<\/h3>\n\n
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Sailors\u2019 Knot – Bowline knot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Similar to the Sheet Bend Knot, the Bowline Knot is one of the most used sailors\u2019 knots on board. It is tied at the end of a mooring rope to quickly slip over a bollard and on the towing lines of vessels when these have to be towed. There are several types of Bowline Knots; here is the most common: a simple bowline tied at the rope end. <\/p>\n\n

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Learn more: Nautical terms<\/a> and Nautical Signals<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cables is the nomenclature used in the nautical world for ropes used on board. Learn how to tie the main knots that can help you handle countless situations. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[368],"tags":[1394,1009,1093,1095,1050,1395],"class_list":["post-39163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-learn","tag-barco-en-3","tag-catamaran-en","tag-lisboa-en","tag-rio-en","tag-sailing-boat","tag-tejo-en-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpml.lisbonsightsailing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpml.lisbonsightsailing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpml.lisbonsightsailing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.lisbonsightsailing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.lisbonsightsailing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.lisbonsightsailing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.lisbonsightsailing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpml.lisbonsightsailing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.lisbonsightsailing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.lisbonsightsailing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}