Clove hitch
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Special Knots, and Advanced Knots, for Wolf, Bear, Webelos, Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First Class.
Clove hitch | |
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Names | Clove hitch, |
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Typical use | Securing lines running along a series of posts, belaying, starting lashings, weak binding |
Caveat | Can spill if the standing part is pulled forcibly in the wrong direction. |
Releasing | Jamming |
Category | Hitch knots |
Group | Basic knots |
Related | Slippery hitch, Two half-hitches, Buntline hitch, Constrictor knot, Ground-line hitch, Lashings, Snuggle hitch |
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— Boy Scout Handbook p. 139, 11th ed. |
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— Grog |
- Required for
- First Class rank #7b, Small-Boat Sailing #7a, Sea Scout Apprentice #5.
- Instructions
- Loop over the top.
- Loop around again below.
- Pull through the hole.
- Lesson Videos
- Grog's Animated Knots: Clove hitch - Wonder How To Video: Clove Hitch Knot - Wonder How To Video: Clove hitch Boy Scout Knot - Grog's Animated Knots: Clove Hitch - Video: Clove hitch - Video: Various Ways to Tie a Clove Hitch - Video: Clove hitch knots
- Notes
- The Clove hitch is one of the Forty Knots.
- See also