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Les Tutos du Gorille : le noeud de cabestan

The Gorilla's Tutorials: The Clove Hitch

The capstan knot is one of the essential knots in navigation.

Easy to learn, it allows you to fix a rope to a cylindrical support or a fixed point.

🔎 Capstan characteristics
->Made with two successive half-hitches.
->It clamps effectively around a support.
->Easy to undo, even after tensioning.

⚓ Practical applications
->Attach a rope to a ring.
->Fix a fender onto a lifeline.
->Attached a rope to a tube.

👉 Discover how to make it step by step in our video tutorial.
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