This is the easiest, most common splice. Typically, it’s used to put an eye in the end of a mooring line or anchor rode. Capt. Bill Pike shows you how to do it in this step-by-step tutorial.
Step-by-step instructions on how to properly coil a line, including a video demonstration.
The bowline can be used to make giant loops, temporarily fasten lines together, lift heavy objects, and serve a host of other purposes onboard.
A step-by-step guide of how to properly cleat a a line, including a video demonstration.
With practice, you should be able to lasso a piling with a mooring line from, say, 8 or 10 feet off.
Now and again you may need to secure a secondary line to a primary that’s under load (without slippage), so that tension is relieved.
You should always strive to approximate this ideal, for the sake of safety and convenience.
How to do a clove hitch on a piling including a video demonstration.
Boating proves that the more you know, the more you realize you didn’t know. To help you develop a strategy for your next cruise we’ve compiled 50 important skills and tips gained from decades of experience, with a whole lot of mistakes along the way.
Making sure everyone on board is safe is a captain’s number-one priority.
The Volvo Ocean Race may be the toughest on-water race in the world. Naturally, its competitors know a whole heck of a lot about boating—and in particular, boating safety.
Fresh out of college, Chapman Ducote had the whole world ahead of him. He chose to go to sea without electronics.
A video demonstation on how to heave a line from your boat.
This is the easiest, most common splice. Typically, it’s used to put an eye in the end of a mooring line or anchor rode. Capt. Bill Pike shows you how to do it in this step-by-step tutorial.
Step-by-step instructions on how to properly coil a line, including a video demonstration.
The bowline can be used to make giant loops, temporarily fasten lines together, lift heavy objects, and serve a host of other purposes onboard.
A step-by-step guide of how to properly cleat a a line, including a video demonstration.
With practice, you should be able to lasso a piling with a mooring line from, say, 8 or 10 feet off.
Now and again you may need to secure a secondary line to a primary that’s under load (without slippage), so that tension is relieved.
You should always strive to approximate this ideal, for the sake of safety and convenience.
How to do a clove hitch on a piling including a video demonstration.
How to make a safe wind-bound departure with your boat.
Boating proves that the more you know, the more you realize you didn’t know. To help you develop a strategy for your next cruise we’ve compiled 50 important skills and tips gained from decades of experience, with a whole lot of mistakes along the way.
Making sure everyone on board is safe is a captain’s number-one priority.
The Volvo Ocean Race may be the toughest on-water race in the world. Naturally, its competitors know a whole heck of a lot about boating—and in particular, boating safety.
Know your knots? Prove it.
Fresh out of college, Chapman Ducote had the whole world ahead of him. He chose to go to sea without electronics.
