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FIGURE EIGHT BIGHT [1 record]

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Record 1 2017-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ropemaking
  • Pleasure Boating and Yachting
  • Search and Rescue (Paramilitary)
CONT

Tying a figure-eight on a bight. Step 1: form a bight in the working end of the rope. Step 2: Pass it over the standing part to form a loop. Step 3: Pass the bight under the standing part and then over the loop and down through it; this forms the figure eight. Step 4: Extend the bight through the knot to whatever size working loop is needed. Step 5: Dress the knot.

Key term(s)
  • figure eight on a bight knot

French

Domaine(s)
  • Corderie
  • Yachting et navigation de plaisance
  • Recherche et sauvetage (Paramilitaire)

Spanish

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