Tying the knot!

[Mikeymoto]

No I'm already married. I want to know what type of knot to tie on to my rocker style anchor. I went out today and bought a 28 lb river anchor, 8' of chain, bouy(A-4) and puller(EZ Marine)I already have a couple spools of 300' rope.
I attached the chain to the bottom loop on the anchor and put on a oversized link to attach the rope to, so what knot?
Thanks in advance,
MM

I use a water knot.

Make an overhand knot (figure 8 is better) with a long end, Put the end through anchor chain and then follow the line back through the first knot, following the line completely through the knot. Dress the knot and pull tight.


This link shows how to do it with webbing but it's the same with rope.
Water Knot

[Pete]

I prefer a bowline. It is easy to tie, stays tight, but when you want to untie it, it will come apart easily. Do a google search and you'll find a lot of examples of how to tie it. Remember: form a loop - the rabbit comes out the hole, goes around the tree and back into his hole.

[Salmonator]

I am not very knot savvy so all the anchors I've tied got an improved clinch with only 4 or 5 twists. I've never had an anchor come loose.

Bowline is choice #2 but they can come undone if not under tension. If I were to use a bowline I would whip the end to the standing line or tuck it into it for security. A water knot doesn't come undone very easy.

[ 02-15-2004, 05:19 PM: Message edited by: Keta ]

[love2fish]

My first choice is to splice an thimble eye in the rope. If that is not an option, then a bowline with the tag end tie wrapped to the loop. I would check the knot often to make sure that it is not wearing through.

love2fish

[Rakkasan]

If you have three strand line you can splice it with a thimble as mentioned. If you do not know how to splice check the net. If you are using a braided line you can thible it and wrap it with smaller nylon line. You might want to ask some of the "salty dogs" there is nothing better than spilcing though. You will get the maximum stregnth out of your anchor line and any other lines used on your boat.

[suckerfish]

Im not much of a skipper, but I used a "Hang mans" knot on my anchore. Been holding good for years.

suckerfish<----Who is probable using the wrong knot.

[Cosmic Lazy Susan]

Keta,

What you describe is known among rock climbers as a 'figure eight follow through'. You then tie a double fishermans knot around the standing end as a stopper.

Used this a bunch rock climbing. If it's good enough to stake my life on I'll bet it's good enough for an anchor.

Gotta agree that a splice with a thimble is first cabin though.

Dale

[ 02-15-2004, 06:54 PM: Message edited by: Cosmic Lazy Susan ]

DS,

Like this but with a thimble.



I agree with splicing an eye but that is a bit complicated to explain online so I said a water knot.

[Mikeymoto]

Thanks guys. I think that a end wrapped bowline will be the knot of choice. A pal of mine does the hangmans noose. But I may mess around with a thimble to see what I can come up with. BTW the rope is a standard 15/32 braid. The stuff GI Joes puts on sale for $49 or so a spool.
Thanks again.
MM

[salmurai]

What about using a thimble and a couple of metal clamps that takes the place of the splice? I would take a picture, but no camera....