Alternate ring hitching

Alternate ring hitching

Knot-details
name=Alternate ring hitching


names= Kackling, Keckling
type= hitch
strength=
origin=
related= Continuous ring hitching
releasing=
uses= To prevent damage from the ring
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abok_number= #3604

Alternate ring hitching, also known as Kackling or Keckling, is a type of Ringbolt hitching formed with a series of alternate left and right hitches made around a ring.Clifford W. Ashley, "The Ashley Book of Knots" (New York: Doubleday, 1944), 569.] Covering a ring in hitching can prevent damage if the ring is likely to chafe or strike against something, such as a mooring line or mast.

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