Disaster Rescue - Australian Emergency Manual (Natural Disaster Organization, 183 p.): CHAPTER THREE - ROPES, CHAINS AND SLINGS: Knots: Figure of Eight Knot (Figure 3:17)

Disaster Rescue - Australian Emergency Manual (Natural Disaster Organization, 183 p.)

CHAPTER THREE - ROPES, CHAINS AND SLINGS

Knots

		(introduction...)
		Thumb Knot (Figure 3:16)
		Figure of Eight Knot (Figure 3:17)
		Double Sheet Bend (Figure 3:18)
		Buntline Hitch (Figure 3:19)
		Fisherman's Bend (Figure 3:20)
		Double Fisherman's Knot (Figure 3:21)
		Half Hitch (Figure 3:22)
		Clove Hitch (Figures 3:23 & 3:24)
		Round Turn and Two Half Hitches (Figure 3:25)
		Timber Hitch (Figures 3:26 & 3:27)
		Figure of Eight Loop/Figure of Eight On the Bight (Figures 3:28 & 3:29)
		Bowline (Figure 3:30)
		Bowline on the Bight (Figure 3:31)
		Chair Knot (Figures 3:32 & 3:33)
		Portuguese Bowline (Figure 3:34)

Figure of Eight Knot (Figure 3:17)

3.28 Figure of Eight Knot (Figure 3:17)

This knot is useful as a stop and is often used to prevent the end of a rope from running through a block. It can also be used to prevent fraying when the whipping has been lost. In general it is more useful than the Thumb knot as it is easier to undo.

With the rope away from you, take the standing part in the left hand palm upwards and the running part in the right hand. Pass the running end over the top of the standing part making a loop, then carry on with the running end round behind the standing part, over the top then down through the loop which you have formed. Draw the running end tight and the knot should resemble the figure eight.

Fig 3:17 Figure of Eight Knot