A Mooring Hitch is a secure knot that is easily tied or untied in wet or dry rope; when properly tied a non closing loop is formed, this allows the hitch to move up or down a piling as the water level changes. It is used to securely tie off a rope so that it can be quickly untied, especially a small boat to a dock or piling.
To Tie a Mooring Hitch:
| Take a bight around an object. |  |
| Form an underhand loop in the running part. |  |
| Place the eye of the underhand loop over the standing part. |  |
| Pull a bight of the standing part through the eye of the underhand loop. |  |
| Pull the underhand loop tight around the bight. |  |
| Place the running part under the eye of the bight that was pulled through the underhand loop. |  |
| Pull a bight of the running part through the eye of the standing part bight. |  |
| Pull on the standing part to tighten the standing part bight around the running part bight. |  |
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