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Terry Spragg wrote:

Garland Gray II wrote:

I'd put two half hitches on that list, right behind the bowline

Would you call that a reef knot, or a granny?

Two half hitches are neither reef knot nor a granny. Nor are the reef
and granny the same.

Now, one knot that I use all the time that I don't know the name of is a
relative of the first: a half hitch with a loop taken through the hitch
instead of the bitter end. I use it to gasket the main and temporarily
set the fenders. Releases by simply pulling on the free end. Can be
locked by taking the loop through a second hitch. Very handy and very
fast to undo, even under fairly high strain.

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