Running highwayman's hitch
- Running highwayman's hitch
Infobox Knot details
name = Running highwayman's hitch
names = mooring hitch, sliding sheet bend, draw hitch
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type = Hitch
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related = Highwayman's hitch
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uses = Mooring
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The running highwayman's hitch, mooring hitch, or sliding sheet bend is a hitch knot tied by looping the end of the rope around an object, and then fixing it to the standing part with a highwayman's hitch.
External links
* [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/writing/explode.htm Six exploding knots]
* [http://www.bsatroop542.org/Knots_MooringHitch.htm Boyscouts of America Troop 542]
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