Friday, July 28, 2023

Why? Knots

28 Jul 23:

While rinsing out the Penobscot we had the sail up and there was a light breeze causing the sail to flap a bit. This is usually when Skipper's sailing navy ancestor Lt. Ben Hunter shows up to tie fun knots in lines. The first one was interesting, we watched the mainsheet wrap around the tiller two to three wraps, then unwrap. This went on for about ten minutes. Wrap. unwrap. I wondered if there was some mechanical advantage to this, to easier hold the sheet in a blow.


We went inside to cool off for a bit and came out to this. Very creative.

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