Competent Crew Quiz · Knots

What is this knot called?

• Bowline
• Round turn and two half hitches
• Rolling hitch
• Figure of eight

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Figure of eight. A figure of eight is a stopper knot. Tie it in the end of a sheet so it cannot run out through a block.

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Knot drawings from Wikimedia Commons: bowline by Hella, adapted by Tescobar (CC BY-SA 3.0); figure of eight, reef knot, sheet bend and rolling hitch by Lucasbosch (CC BY-SA 3.0); round turn and two half hitches by Stephan Brunker (CC BY-SA 3.0); clove hitch by Sawims (public domain). All other pictures are SailChecker's own.