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Originally Posted by Engine Serang
Ha-Ha smarty pants, I have the Ashley Book of Knots on my Kindle.
The deck crew on the MSC Opera can tie double carrick bends until the cows come home, she is still going to hit the quay wall. Buntline indeed.
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Tying a knot with one hand, while holding the "how to do it" manual in the other calls for extreme dexterity, not unlike reassembling a valve gear timing train with the book of words propped against the Record No 6 vice on the other side of the engine room. You can't always rely on guesswork. When you can demonstrate successfully tying a bowline single handed, maybe the experienced deckies will let you join the happy throng.