Tying docklines to piling - best way , esp. with a very long line
 

"Greg" wrote in message
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"Pile Hitch" is just the ticket - thanks!

I can't seem to find the link that describes this.

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

Tying docklines to piling - best way , esp. with a very long line
 

jim-- wrote:
"Greg" wrote in message
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"Pile Hitch" is just the ticket - thanks!

I can't seem to find the link that describes this.

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

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

Tying docklines to piling - best way , esp. with a very longline
 

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

Tying docklines to piling - best way , esp. with a very long line
 

Go to google.com and type in "pile hitch" and there are lots of links.
This is a great hitch... I am surprised it's not out there more.
Reminiscent of the anchor bend but don't need the end.

"Pile Hitch" is just the ticket - thanks!

I can't seem to find the link that describes this.

Tying docklines to piling - best way , esp. with a very longline
 

Around 6/14/2004 10:30 AM, Mitchell Gossman wrote:

I'm a boating newbie. When tying docklines to a pier with pilings,
what's the best way when you have a significant excess length to the
line, i.e. without having to use the end?

I just use a round turn and two half hitches with the line bighted. It
can be tied very quickly and seems to hold well.


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