Best tutorial ever. Clear and to the point. No blablablabla

I know maybe three different knots (overhand, slip knot, and square knot... probably some others I've done by accident. On a good day I can even tie my shoes). Never too old to learn, right? I really admire your no-BS teaching style, and your ability to use all four limbs simultaneously while coherently talking us through every step is the sign of a subject master!

After a 35 year business career i sometimes coach people and groups on public speaking, using clear storylines and interim summaries, with a lot of emphasis on tone of voice and animation to engage people. Boating is a hobby and im pretty hopeless. So i really enjoyed your teaching style on all levels, i find your delivery and content are excellent! Many thanks

@mikemullen4172

2 жыл бұрын

Ew talk & go mush 2 fast 4 me

@EmilyAndClark

2 жыл бұрын

Just set your player to play at half speed.

@mikemullen4172

2 жыл бұрын

@@EmilyAndClark Right. TY old guy trying to keep ☝. Thanks for your time to educate

@kevineggler3153

2 жыл бұрын

Well done.

@danielledanielledan1

2 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU WITH CAPITAL LETTERS

Begining sailor here, thanks a lot for this video, I will be practicing each of these daily until they are second nature.

I got a Whole Lotta Love for that Zeppelin knot.. I'ts new to me

@hd-xc2lz

3 жыл бұрын

Me too, and have recently experienced the disaster she describes with the square knot.

@bt9742

3 жыл бұрын

I've never heard of a Zeppelin up before either! Although it seems like a more complicated version of a sheet bend... And I've never had an issue with a sheet bend.

@smithrudy8780

3 жыл бұрын

Gonna send you back to schooling

@david.seholm

2 жыл бұрын

It's a good knot, but should probably not be used for dissimilar sized rope. Should use the zeppelin 1.5 (double tuck the thinner rope) or the more common sheet bend in those cases.

The knots I use for random tasks always end up being some kind of sailing knot. This video is a good example of why that is. They are easy to remember, very effective, and easy to get untied when you don't need them anymore. Great stuff

Great video! The Alpine Butterfly and Zeppelin bend are my two new favorite knots, thanks!

@EmilyAndClark

4 күн бұрын

The more you use the alpine butterfly the more will wonder how you did without it

That butterfly knot tie! 🤯 NICE ONE!!!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Well done (says the teacher of 25 yrs)! You were right, two knots new to me that I will practice this week until returning to the boat :)

Im a scout leader and the Knot Head of our troop. I appreciate that you give the student the name and the purpose of the knot. This isnt done often enough in scouts. The scout only wants to learn how to tie a knot and get it signed off in his book. I teach the eight required knots and many others. I would expect sailors to use two half hitches, a carrok bend, "a loop with two half hitches", a stevedore knot and a "constrictor" knot. I have learned that climbers often use a knot that is like overlapping figure eights to join ropes. Keep preaching the rope work gospel. Rope is an incredibly important tool.

The butterfly and 2 fishies knots are awesome!

Love the presentation of this. Concise, complete, and with really good context. That’s not typical of a video about knots. I know them all to some degree but learned a little something new about each knot especially the zeppelin. Now I’m inspired to practice them all again but with my eyes closed and with your tweaks. Thanks.

Thank you so much for these training videos! Ive watched this one about a dozen times and practicing as a beginner. Im learning and trying to master the little details that helps my sailing training

Alpine butterfly, and clove hitch are so fun to tie!!! So satisfying thank you, and incredibly useful cant wait to use them next time Im on the boat

Thanks Emily, great tutorial! Looking forward to seeing ones on splicing and whipping too.

Another good knot to tie two lines together is a lovers knot that I love. Nice instructional. Thank you.

There's something inspiring in just how into knots you are! Wonderfully relaxing and clear video

I really enjoy the practicality and substantive learning that Emily and Clark bring to the fore. An amazing amount of content that can be applied for many of life's challenges. Thanks for putting in all the hard work and gleaning your shared experiences

Beautiful presentation of what can be a very confusing topic. I especially liked how she reviewed each knot. She kept it simple, straightforward, and easy to follow. Very nice job!!

Well, dang. As a guy who last tied any of these knots in Sea Scouts something like 45 years ago (save the reef/square knot), this is a gem of a find. Saved for later!

@EmilyAndClark

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you found it interesting Trane.

@popsoldboats3406

3 жыл бұрын

Funny that you can get a alpine that way. At least you did not do the 1 second not a bowline challenge. : ) hope you guys are now feeling better.

Well done. Well presented. A suggestion for your viewers: leave about a foot of tail in the line between the Figure 8-knot and the end of the line. That will give you a bit of line to pull on (or tie to) if your Figure 8-knot gets jammed into a cleat-fixture.

@EmilyAndClark

8 ай бұрын

Good idea

Thanks, guys. Emily, you rock! I'd never seen the zeppelin - awesome. 👏🏻

I really love knots, thanks for sharing new knots, my older knots got some decent upgrade when using it with the combination of new knots, very fun ☺️

Great vid. The most needed knots, all well explained. I remember a USCG report that started with "a square not has killed more sailors than any other knot", needless to say, never used one after that.

Loved it, thank you. Looking forward to the splicing and whipping. Hope you feel better soon.

Very well done Emily! The Alpine Butterfly is very similar to a Trucker's Hitch, which are two of my favorite knots for leverage and purchase. Both are super handy. And the Zeppelin for me is like the Sheet Bend or Double Sheet Bend (if different diameters.) But the square knot that you demonstrated (or reef knot,) will work as well if you half hitch both ends. When I used to train horses, we would use the clove hitch with quick release loops like you did, but we would keep slipping additional qr loops through each other, and the last one would be straight through (not a loop) which keeps the horses from being able to untie the knot, but never tightens on itself. I had a horse who would untie a simple clove hitch in seconds, but with 2 or 3 quick release loops, and the last one straight through, in 25 years, she never untied it.

Thank you for these easy to remember instructions. Too, Love the bowline rhymie about the tree and the rabbit! Yay!

Excellent clear video. Love the instant review of each knot.

Hello Emily and Clark--Great video! Thank you so much for producing such a nicely produced instructional. You asked us to suggest our favorites. One of my favorites is the rewoven figure 8. I am not sure if you are familiar with it, but probably so. I first learned it way back in 1983 in a climbing course with the Appalachian Mountain Club. You can tie it as a bend, securing 2 lines together or as a loop knot, for the dinghy astern. I trust it with my life, more than the bowline. With the modern line, a bowline can come out after a tug tug tug. The rewoven figure 8 will not come out, no matter what, even with modern stiff lines. I use it as my anchoring bend and as my anchoring loop as well. One of the advantages, other than ultimate security, is that you can tie it in the dark, completely blind, you need only to follow the path of the existing figure 8 like a snake. And it will come apart easily even after extreme loads. Kind regards, Ted PS You could make another great video with the entire synch-down system: A bowline on the hard terminus, the alpine butterfly knot as a loop-pulley and the trucker's hitch (non-slipped) as the ultimate bomb proof securement. That's what I teach my scouts.

Love your wedding knots!

I learned a third way to tie a bowline and was taught to use it for when you never want it to come undone ie to tie your boat up to a mooring line. The Zepplin and the Alpine Butterfly knots were new to me. Very cool!

Just learned all these knots tonight and you had the best presentation / explanation. Kick-ass.

Love your Video!! Great choice of knots and particularly love your way of tying them. One knot which I would add as a personal favourite, the Midshipman's Hitch. In Scouting we often use the Taut-line Hitch, but the Midshipman I have found more secure. The Ashley Stopper knot is also a good knot, chunky, stable and easy to untie. Thanks for sharing, look forward to watching more.

What a great video! I've been away for a few months and I'm excited to see you two making these cool instructional videos.

Came for a refresher on knots and stayed for capable cruiser course. Very impressed with how you present the content !

I wish more of my teachers in high school and college were like you. You explain things very well and make something like tying knots interesting! You don’t talk so slow that it makes me fall asleep but also not so fast that I can’t follow what you’re saying! Watched the whole way through just because I think you’re cool! ☺️

Well done - I learnt a new useful knot. I use the "Rolling Hitch" a lot both at sea and on land, it is extremely useful and fits the 'easy to undo' criteria.

Great video. You guys are the best. Keep them coming. Love learning anything about sailboats. Very informative. Thanks.

That's brilliant of tieing knots demo.thankyou Robert.

Awesome! Learning the alpine butterfly felt like learning a magic trick :D

Pretty good list, and I like the underlying reasoning. A few comments: 1. Clove hitch is one of my fundamental knots that I think all humans should master. If you look at the cleat hitch, it's just a clove hitch dressed differently for use on horns rather than a continuous anchor. Also, two half hitches is just a clove hitch tied back on the line itself- giving another strategy to put a loop in a line. There are many further variations, all starting from clove hitch. 2. For connecting two lines with a knot, from a beginner every human standpoint, I prefer the sheet bend, which is just a bowline between independent lines. This reduces the number of knots to learn. 3. My mind recoils from wrapping lines around myself when tying knots, so for a midline loop I prefer bowline on a bight. This results in two loops, but further reduces forms to learn at entry point knot tying. I'm sure I'm overly paranoid in avoiding the alpine butterfly, but I'd like to see it taught more with a method that doesn't involve the handwrap. 4. My oft-stated position on knot tying is that people are best served by a small set of simple knots- between 3 and 5. After this, you'll probably get more mileage from learning simple splices and whipping than from learning more knots.

@maxwellschmidt235

28 күн бұрын

One more comment, square knot is a bit underrated these days. I think the scouting movement over-emphasized this knot by making it a symbol, but the backlash is a bit overwrought. First of all, in daily application it's the shoelace knot. It remains applicable to first aid as the surgeons knot. And finally, it's handy in sailing as the reef knot. The overhand pattern is just a good starting place for knot education. So, I've become a square knot defender after acknowledging its (severe) limitations.

Hi Emily, excellent video. Very much appreciate the linkage between the type of knot and and its typical purpose. Will spend some time practicing. Cheers Kevin

Thank you. I’m new to sailing besides sailing with my dad on San Francisco Bay. You made this knot tying very simple. Thank you.

Y'all are the best. Thanks for making videos.

Excellent! I'm trying to secure an awning across a patio with nylon rope. I will definitely try one of these knots

Really great instructions! The way you demonstrate how to do these knots makes it easy.

Best explanation I’ve ever seen, thank you!

Dear Emily, thanks a lot you described it so easy-to-use!

That's really good Emily, thanks. Really useful to know how to do these notes properly. 👍🏼

Great job on the knots Emily. Very well explained and easy to follow demo.

The Zeppelin just became my new favourite know, thanks!!!

Thanks for this, you show different methods of tying common knots. Never seen a bowline done the second way. Thanks

Ive been looking at knots clips and this is the best i have seen. You answered a couple of glitches i was having with getting it right sometime s andd sometimes 'knot'. Well done

Hey, I loved this! Thanks! Because of you have I have these 5 knots memorized and under my belt and still playing around with making them during any down time. Yes, great break from the cellphone ;-).

Great video. Thank you! I need to practice the Zeppelin bend.

I'd never heard of the Zeppelin knot, everything else very well explained. Subscribed.

Such a great video. I use these knots all the time. Thank you!!

That was awesome. Love the way you delivered the instructions lass 😃

Excellent educator Emily! Thankful I accidentally came across this video. Your husband tied a very nice 'wedding' knot ring to match yours. Congratulations you two!

Thank you for a very clear explanation of the knots and their uses

Thank you very much for so clear and fun demonstration of these helpful knots. Excellent instructions.

I taught college class on marlinspike seamanship. So dazzle me, haha! Always enjoy others teaching knot tying. Thanks! At end of 9 week class, each had a goodie bag of special tools made during class. Interviewing, everyone but one owned their own sailboats. You did amaze me with zeplin knot. I have a 3rd bowline knot to save you, after falling overboard. (So you don't tie double half hitch around you, then killing you tightening up). Imagine husband throwing you a rope while your in water. Rope passes you on your right side. Bring bitter end rope around you. Throw bitter end of rope an about a foot rope, over rope from boat. Grab 2 ropes together with one hand palm down against 2 ropes. Now with hand twist (going down an around) still holding both ropes around each other to create a loop, bring end around through loop too create a bowling around you so you don't die being squeezed. Practice until you get the bowling. Then practice for more speed for emergencies. This knot has saved lives for me.

really helpful video well presented 👍

Didn't know the Alpine butterfly, cool, thanks!

best knot tutorial ive seen as yet. well done very impressive

Nice. Thanks for the video. I'm a former "petty officer" from Brazilian Navy, who dreams to live aboard, and I like, a lot, simple and objective stuff. Just save the channel at my favorites.

After caring far too much for knots and learning far too many of them to be usefull... I have to admit that your selection is just right. All your knots work great and are just good in general. Two little remarks: 1. The clove hitch works really well when used correctly. If you have no load on the line and much movement, it will loosen itself and become undone. For that case you need another knot (or, like you have shown, some additional securing) 2. On the outtro "Identify the knot" picture, there is the Hunters knot shown and identified as Zeppelin bend.

Thank you Emily! Love and Light.

This was super informative and very easy to understand! Thank you!!!

Nice video. I didn't know about the Alpine butterfly and the Zeppelin. The are all awesome. A good knot should be easy to do and undo. Thank you for sharing! cheers

First time been able to understand Bowline thankyou esp V 2 also helps to use U tube slow mode Thank you

Perfect! I can tie 200 or so knots, so I know you really don't need that many - this hit on what's important in a concise and easy way. Perfect!

As an old roughneck I used all these knots but the one I depended on, the clove hitch, for my life many times tieing a 12X 2 stabbing board off in the derrick to run casing. Great video.

Don't kow if anyone else has mentioned this Emily - you make easy to understand and well paced instructional videos! :)

Very well explained! I learned something new today, thank you!

Such an easy and great video! I learnt them all and thank you.

Your demonstration on tying knots are simple which I appreciate 🙏

Thank you!! Very informative. My daughter and I completed our boating licence and are practicing knots 🪢

I didn't know how to do the zeppelin knot and I just love how it works! Thank you

Nice technique, nice presentation, nice demonstration, nice explanation. Very well done. Thank You.

I loved this! Thank you!

Very good presentation! The slow-motion shots are a nice touch. My hands move a bit differently tying the alpine butterfly loop, but the end result is the same knot. The zeppelin bend is my preferred way to join two ropes. I tie it differently, but it's the same knot when I'm done. I use two riding turns on a clove hitch. Maybe the clove hitch is a bit more secure, maybe I just like the way it looks. The bowline and all its variations! Pick a few that work for you and stick with them. The standard bowline and Scott's locked bowline cover all the bases for me.

Clove Hitch Failure. I got back to the boat later in the evening and tied the dink using a clove hitch using an older braided line that was wet. Lots of dew that night. With the dink pulling intermittently it worked the clove hitch loose. Wind took the dink out to sea but I did recover it 3 weeks later and 80 miles away. (a long story) LESSON: Clove hitches come loose if there is a cycle of yank then release. I still use clove hitches either where there is a constant pressure or if it is a temporary hold for my dink. Still have the same dink 24 years later ;-) Thanks for the video. I've just picked up an attitude about clove hitches.

Clear and simple! Thank you so much!

Thank you very much for these videos. I have tried mastering some of these knots in the past, but it was a fruitless endeavor. However, your videos make it the knots seem possible to learn.

Emily outstanding video! I've been tieing knots for over 50 years. I started in Scouting and sailing. I carried it into my professional life as a teacher and a Firefighter. I like the way you tied the knot and showed how to apply its use. I have seen examples of people tieing beautiful knots but can't apply its use! Good job keep up the good work!!! Please be safe out there

Every sailor is happy when his first mate has mad skills like this!

Great, clear presentation!

Great tutorial! I'm hoping to get a position working on a boat and this video helped big time!

Greetings again. I just want to say I learned two things today. I learned how to tie these knots because I was able to slow the video, and I learned how to slow the video. I got a two for one today. Much thanks to Emily and Clark and my daughter.

As someone who is starting out sailing on a hobie 17 you are a LIFE SAVER

Thanks so much for this post. This is a weak link in my toolbox. I like your teaching style/ ability.

Your class was lovely

Awesome Tutorial. I love the Alpine Butterfly for 90 degree tension on a line, but I use a directional figure-eight if I am tensioning towards one side of the other (like a tie-down, or a trucker's hitch).

Awesome tutorial, thank you.

Hi, very good presentation, well paced and uses review to very good effect (from a training point of view). I also learnt two Knots that I had not used before as 'promised' in the introduction. So very well done . Bye Duncan

What an outstanding video!!

Very well presented, and explained. Also I like that you are working well in this task as a couple. I'm pro family as you might have guessed. Congratulations to both. I've liked, and subscribed.

Learning to tie knots is a super useful skill not only for sailing but in every day life. I use knot regularly for various tasks. Always trying to learn different knots when I can for added skill. I was a Boy scout and a sailor in the Navy. These 5 knots will bring you more utility in everyday applications.

Very cool video. Thank you for posting.