{"id":9826,"date":"2018-01-15T15:16:29","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T13:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seawindadventures.com\/7-handy-knots-for-on-board\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T20:59:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T18:59:41","slug":"7-handy-knots-for-on-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seawindadventures.com\/en\/7-handy-knots-for-on-board\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Handy Knots for On Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On board, you&#8217;ll encounter a good number of lines (or ropes), and if you&#8217;re lucky, they&#8217;ll all be different colors. That already makes it much easier to recognize them after a while. But then there are the knots&#8230; Bowline, Clove Hitch, Sheet Bend. The video below clearly explains the most commonly used knots on board. You&#8217;ll see, in order:     <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Reef Knot<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Clove Hitch<\/strong> (handy if you already know this one!)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sheet Bend<\/strong> and <strong>Double Sheet Bend<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bowline<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Figure-Eight Knot<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Round Turn and Two Half Hitches<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Clove Hitch with a Forehand Knot<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>So, rope in hand, and get knotting!<\/p>\n<p>P.S.: Turn on the subtitles, mute the sound, and find some nice music to go with it \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"7 Essential Knots You Need To Know\" width=\"910\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3X8drKsdf5E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More tips and travel inspiration? Sign up for our magazine and immediately receive the booklet <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.seawindadventures.com\/12-niet-te-missen-tips-voor-een-onvergetelijke-reis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>12 Must-Have Tips for Your Unforgettable Trip<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as a gift.<\/span><\/em><\/p><p><strong>Has your desire to sail been ignited?<br \/>\n<\/strong>Then sail with us along <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.seawindadventures.com\/product-categorie\/reizen\/\">the most beautiful islands of Lofoten and Vester\u00e5len!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2304 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.seawindadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/schip-in-Noorwegen-1024x311.jpg\" alt=\"sailing to Norway sailing vacation sailing trip Lofoten Vester\u00e5len sailing sailboat holiday Norway\" width=\"1024\" height=\"311\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On board, you&#8217;ll encounter a good number of lines (or ropes), and if you&#8217;re lucky, they&#8217;ll all be different colors. That already makes it much easier to recognize them after &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2256,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[116],"tags":[225,132,182],"class_list":["post-9826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-practice","tag-knots","tag-practice","tag-sailing","latest_post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seawindadventures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seawindadventures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seawindadventures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seawindadventures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seawindadventures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/seawindadventures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seawindadventures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seawindadventures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seawindadventures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seawindadventures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}