Two knots worth knowing

[TimberWolf]

The type of dinghy I used to sail had strict rules against using pulleys (to stop people spending £100s on posh stuff) so people came up with all kinds of rope-based alternatives involving exotic rope materials. The knots weren't interesting but you got 8-1 which made a massive difference when it was windy.

Heh. I've just tried a modification of that trucker's hitch (the variant shown in the video). But instead of doubling back once to a loop back up the rope, I doubled up further 5 times through that loop. And it seems to work. At least as far as I could tell, as my furniture started moving. So much friction though that once I stopped pulling everything stays in place, without needing to tie it off.

[d000hg]

So much friction though that once I stopped pulling everything stays in place, without needing to tie it off.

Yeah that was the reason we all bought fancy ropes, also normal rope lasts about 5 minutes before the friction wears through.
We used one that was basically the inside part of a spectra rope, i.e no outer covering - super tough, super slippery.