Sheet Bend
This is a QuickTime video instructing others how to tie a Sheet Bend.
This quick knot is used to tie two ropes together, especially if they are not the same thickness, in which case the thicker one is used to form the bight. The name come from the name of the rope - the sheet - that controls the lateral movement of sails. Nelson's men no doubt bent the damaged sheets together using a Sheet Bend during the Battle of Trafalgar.
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