Jury mast knot

Jury mast knot
Jury mast knot
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Three variations of the Jury mast knot
Names Jury mast knot, Masthead knot, Pitcher Knot, Jury masthead
Category Loop
Related Tom fool's knot, Handcuff knot, Bottle sling
Typical use Jury rigging a mast, carrying pitchers
ABoK #1167, #1168, #1169, #2563

The Jury mast knot (or Masthead knot) is traditionally used for jury rigging a temporary mast on a sailboat or ship after the original one has been lost. The knot is placed at the top of a new mast with the mast projecting through the center of the knot. The loops of the knot are then used as anchor points for makeshift stays and shrouds. Usually small blocks of wood are affixed to, or a groove cut in, the new mast to prevent the knot from sliding downwards.[1]

There is contention among knot researchers whether this supposed rigging knot can work as described.[citation needed] Due to a lack of hard historical evidence there is also uncertainty whether it was ever commonly used for rigging jury masts.[2]

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Variations

There are three closely related variations of this knot. They differ based on the type of crossing, overhand or underhand, of the three initial loops and then whether the edges of each loop is positioned over or under the previous one. Although these knots are tied in the bight, for the purposes of description the left side will be considered the standing part. If all the crossings and overlays are reversed, or the right side is taken as the standing part, a mirror image of the knot will result.

#1167

This variation grips the mast best in the absence of other means to prevent the knot from sliding downwards. The pattern of this variation, from the left, is: under-under-under/over-over.

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#1168

This variation is the simplest of the three in structure (though not in tying) and lends itself to being reinforced by tying a reef knot with the two free ends. The pattern of this variation, from the left, is: under-over-under/over-over.

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#1169

According to Clifford Ashley this is the preferred variation. The pattern of this variation, from the left, is: under-under-under/under-under.

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References

  1. ^ Clifford W. Ashley, The Ashley Book of Knots (New York: Doubleday, 1944), 212.
  2. ^ Charles Hamel, "Investigations on the Jury Mast Knot" [1] [2] [3] (URLs retrieved 2007-02-22)

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