<?xml version="1.0"?> <img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2010/09/RT2HH_cover.jpg"><h2>A round-turn and two half-hitches knot</h2>The round-turn and two half-hitches is both strong and easy to free off rather than working itself too tight. The important point is to take a full turn around whatever you are securing too, not just a loop, as the strain is concentrated on the turn and not so much on the hitches.<br><br><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2010/09/RT2HH_a.jpg"><h2>A round-turn and two half-hitches knot - Step 1</h2>Make a complete turn not just a loop.<br><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2010/09/RT2HH_b.jpg"><h2>A round-turn and two half-hitches knot - Step 2</h2>Make the first hitch by taking a turn round the line itself...<br><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2010/09/RT2HH_c.jpg"><h2>A round-turn and two half-hitches knot - Step 3</h2> ...so that it ends up crossing over the standing part of the rope.<br><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2010/09/RT2HH_d.jpg"><h2>A round-turn and two half-hitches knot - Step 4</h2>Then make the second hitch, so the end emerges from the middle of the knot...<br><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2010/09/RT2HH_e.jpg"><h2>A round-turn and two half-hitches knot - Step 5</h2>...and hey presto, a beefed-up version of the clove hitch you made earlier! <br><br><a href="http://marinedirectory.ybw.com/reprints/results_related.jsp?tem=ybw&id=53220">Buy the full colour knot guide from our online archive</a><br><br>
