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A place where we can tear down, explore and build knots of all kinds, figuratively and or virtually.

Topics [Knotting Concepts & Explorations]

I teach Marlinespike Seamanship at the Hoofer Sailing Club at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.   I have been told by people I trust that for most knots there should be a tail in the working end of six times the diameter of the line. For bowlines, the tail should be twelve times the working...
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