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If transiting the large locks in Ballard, the sheet bend is essential to attach the lock tender's messenger line to your lock line. Unless you're a lubber.
My Dad maintained you had to learn four knots if you wanted to be on his (crappy little) boat:
Stop knot (or figure eight)
Bowline
Reef knot
Clove hitch
I dont think he thought of a cleat hitch as a knot proper, but he was very demanding about them.
"A knot has to do two things: hold securely and release easily."
I am continually amazed how many knots I see that fail condition #2.
Bill in Petersburg
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I can’t tie a knot to save my life. I hired out.
And you guys don't have shoe laces?
You're required to have two 50-foot lock lines, each with an eye at least 12 inches in diameter. Bowlines are fine in lieu of a spliced loop. If you're locking up from salt water to the Ship Canal at low tide (in the large lock), they'll throw down a light messenger line because you'll be 20 or more feet below the edge of the lock. That's where the sheet bend comes in. If they have scores of boats to cram in there, as they often do on nice summer weekends, they appreciate not having to untie the tangles that a lot of folks create.Do they balk at two bowlines, boat side at the ready?
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You're required to have two 50-foot lock lines, each with an eye at least 12 inches in diameter. Bowlines are fine in lieu of a spliced loop. If you're locking up from salt water to the Ship Canal at low tide (in the large lock), they'll throw down a light messenger line because you'll be 20 or more feet below the edge of the lock. That's where the sheet bend comes in. If they have scores of boats to cram in there, as they often do on nice summer weekends, they appreciate not having to untie the tangles that a lot of folks create.
Zepplin Bend
Holy crap---that's my shoes!!