<?xml version="1.0"?> <img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2010/09/clove_hitch_cover.jpg"><h2>How to tie a clove hitch</h2>This quick-to-tie knot is perfect for tying on fenders if only because it is less fiddly than a round-turn and two half-hitches. It is also easy to adjust for getting the height right. However, it does tend to loosen and slip if there is not much weight on it. And once the fender lanyards are the correct length, it pays to finish off with a half-hitch as well. Heres how you tie it:<br><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2010/09/clove_hitch_a.jpg"><h2>How to tie a clove hitch - Step 1</h2>Begin to take a turn but make the working part cross over the initial loop.<br><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2010/09/clove_hitch_b.jpg"><h2>How to tie a clove hitch - Step 2</h2>Run the line round the stanchion again...<br><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2010/09/clove_hitch_c.jpg"><h2>How to tie a clove hitch - Step 3</h2>Begin to take a turn but make the working part cross over the initial loop.<br><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2010/09/clove_hitch_d.jpg"><h2>How to tie a clove hitch - Step 4</h2>....and tuck the end under this second loop 4 Finishing off with a half-hitch will stop it slipping.<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>
