Competent Crew Quiz · Knots

What is this knot called?

• Reef knot
• Round turn and two half hitches
• Sheet bend
• Rolling hitch

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Sheet bend. A sheet bend joins two ropes, even of different thickness. Use a double sheet bend for more security.

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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.