On Sat, 19 Apr 1997 10:47:59 -0400 (EDT), K7LXC@aol.com wrote:
>A pretty aggressive list of knots for occasional tower workers. If
>you're going to be cast away on a desert island and can only take one knot
>with you, it should be the bowline. I use if about 85% of the time. (it's
>the 'rabbit comes out of the hole, around the tree and back into the hole'
>knot for the knot challenged).
>
> Second is the occasional clove hitch, then trucker's hitch for
>tightening a rope line (which includes an overhand knot and half hitches).
> That's about it.
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An old sailor once told me "If you can't tie a good knot, then tie
lots of them". :-)
73, Bill W7TI
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