Taut-line hitch
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| - | [[Image:Tautline_Hitch.gif|right|frame|<center>Taut-Line Hitch</center>]]{{ | + | [[Image:Tautline_Hitch.gif|right|frame|<center>Taut-Line Hitch</center>]] |
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| - | {{quote-source|The taut-line hitch is tied to a line that is tight, or taut. Use it to tighten or loosen a tent guyline by pushing the hitch up or down. Here's how: | + | |introduction = {{quote-source|The taut-line hitch is tied to a line that is tight, or taut. Use it to tighten or loosen a tent guyline by pushing the hitch up or down. Here's how: |
Pass the line around the tent stake. Bring the end under and over the standing part and twice through the loop you have formed. Again bring the pore end under, over, and through the loop, but this time farther up the standing part. Work any slack out of the knot, then slide the hitch to adjust the tension on the line.|[[Boy Scout Handbook]] p. 37}} | Pass the line around the tent stake. Bring the end under and over the standing part and twice through the loop you have formed. Again bring the pore end under, over, and through the loop, but this time farther up the standing part. Work any slack out of the knot, then slide the hitch to adjust the tension on the line.|[[Boy Scout Handbook]] p. 37}} | ||
| + | {{quote-source|The Taut Line Hitch or Rolling Hitch attaches a rope (usually smaller) to another (usually larger) when the line of pull is almost parallel. It can also be used to attach a rope to a pole.|[http://www.animatedknots.com/ Grog]}} | ||
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* [[Outdoorsman|Webelos Outdoorsman]] #11. Demonstrate setting up a tent or dining fly using two half-hitches and a ''taut-line hitch''. Show how to tie a square knot and explain how it is used. | * [[Outdoorsman|Webelos Outdoorsman]] #11. Demonstrate setting up a tent or dining fly using two half-hitches and a ''taut-line hitch''. Show how to tie a square knot and explain how it is used. | ||
* [[Tenderfoot]] #4b. Demonstrate you know how to tie the following knots and tell what their uses are: two half hitches and the '''taut-line hitch'''. | * [[Tenderfoot]] #4b. Demonstrate you know how to tie the following knots and tell what their uses are: two half hitches and the '''taut-line hitch'''. | ||
* [[Small-Boat Sailing]] #7a: [[Square knot|Square (Reef) knot]] - [[Clove hitch]] - [[Two half-hitches]] - [[Bowline]] - [[Cleat hitch]] - [[Figure Eight]] | * [[Small-Boat Sailing]] #7a: [[Square knot|Square (Reef) knot]] - [[Clove hitch]] - [[Two half-hitches]] - [[Bowline]] - [[Cleat hitch]] - [[Figure Eight]] | ||
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| - | + | #Loop over the top and pull through the hole to make a Half hitch. | |
| - | Loop over the top and pull through the hole to make a Half hitch. Loop over the top and through the hole again. One last Half hitch on the outside. | + | #Loop over the top and through the hole again. |
| - | + | #One last Half hitch on the outside. | |
| - | + | #Pull tight. | |
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* [http://www.animatedknots.com/rollinghitchscouting/index.php Grog's Animated Knots: Rolling Hitch] - [http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video/how-to-tie-a-rolling-hitch-knot-266576/ Wonder How To Video: Rolling Hitch Knot] - [http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video/how-to-tie-the-tautline-hitch-knot-177149/ Wonder How To Video: Tautline Hitch Knot] - [http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video/how-to-tie-the-tautline-hitch-knot-for-camping-251747/ Wonder How To Video: Tautline Hitch Knot For Camping] - [http://www.expertvillage.com/video/127073_tying-taut-line-hitch.htm Video: Taut Line Hitch] - [http://www.expertvillage.com/video/127075_uses-taut-line-hitch.htm Video: Uses for a Taut Line Hitch] - [http://www.expertvillage.com/video/131236_tying-taught-line-hitch-knots.htm Video: Taught Line Hitch Knots] | * [http://www.animatedknots.com/rollinghitchscouting/index.php Grog's Animated Knots: Rolling Hitch] - [http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video/how-to-tie-a-rolling-hitch-knot-266576/ Wonder How To Video: Rolling Hitch Knot] - [http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video/how-to-tie-the-tautline-hitch-knot-177149/ Wonder How To Video: Tautline Hitch Knot] - [http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video/how-to-tie-the-tautline-hitch-knot-for-camping-251747/ Wonder How To Video: Tautline Hitch Knot For Camping] - [http://www.expertvillage.com/video/127073_tying-taut-line-hitch.htm Video: Taut Line Hitch] - [http://www.expertvillage.com/video/127075_uses-taut-line-hitch.htm Video: Uses for a Taut Line Hitch] - [http://www.expertvillage.com/video/131236_tying-taught-line-hitch-knots.htm Video: Taught Line Hitch Knots] | ||
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| - | + | *The Taut-Line Hitch is one of the [[Forty Knots]]. | |
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