Knots

LEVEL: ASA 101

Cleat hitch - used to secure a line to a cleat

Coiling a Line - Used to neatly stow a line

Round Turn and Two Half Hitches- Used to permanently secure a line to a piling or railing

Bowline (pronounced bəʊ.lɪn) - Used to form a fixed loop

Clove Hitch - used to temporarily secure a line to a piling or railing

Figure-8 - used to form a stopper to prevent the end of a line from pulling through a fairlead

Square knot - used to connect two ends of a line

Level: asa 103

Rolling Hitch - used to pull in one direction

(can be used to remedy a winch override)