Salamander - Our Favourite New Knot

Since we turned the engine on a couple of days ago we have extra time on our hands to read books and explore different new things.

It was Ralph who was flicking through his book Stress Free Sailing by Duncan Wells who came across the Rustlers Hitch.

Using the tail end of one of the now redundant lines on the aft deck he gave the new knot a couple of tries and indeed it is a genius knot!

You could use it to make fast with the incoming line while using the outgoing line to use as a release cord to completely undo the knot!

I'm guessing this type of knot may be employed by escapologists as you can demonstrate that it is very secure one way and completely undone the next!

Check it out when you can and see if you agree with us about the knot.


Tim - Salamander Tour Manager and Guest Social Media Editor


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