Great links, thanks for posting them.


http://www.scoutingresources.org.uk/..._pilehitch.pdf


Werlax wrote:
The one I found was at http://www.layhands.com/knots/Knots_Hitches.htm


But the original question was what to do with a dockline when you can't
get to the top of the piling (or it's inconveniently too high).

Here's the only link I can find to the tugboat hitch
http://www.scoutxing.com/knots/light...mans_hitch.htm
but it can be finished with a half hitch (on a bight, technically)
around the standing part (the part that takes the strain) instead of
putting the loop over the top.

Another knot that accomplishes the same purpose, at the link above, is
the Highwayman's Hitch (I wonder how that got it's name). But with the
light line I tried it on, it was difficult to get the line to take up
properly under strain. Will try again this weekend with real dockline.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King