The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Carrick Bend

Sea Terms

Used for bending two hawsers together. (See engraving.)

Knots — reef knot, figure-of-eight, single bend, carrick bend, sheep-shank, bowline, bowline upon the bight, rolling hitch, marling hitch, timber hitch, clove hitch and half-hitch
Knots — reef knot, figure-of-eight, single bend, carrick bend, sheep-shank, bowline, bowline upon the bight, rolling hitch, marling hitch, timber hitch, clove hitch and half-hitch
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