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1. jet_32+(OP)[view] [source] 2021-04-20 00:29:07
Among American sailors you will find "reef knot" dominates: it is the knot used to "reef" or diminish a sail's useful area. Among Boy Scouts (and no offense intended here) you will find the term "square knot" dominates.
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2. samatm+L1[view] [source] 2021-04-20 00:46:17
>>jet_32+(OP)
Boy Scouts being where I learned my knots: none taken!
3. eythia+OK[view] [source] 2021-04-20 08:58:57
>>jet_32+(OP)
Scouts, but not in the US, was where I learnt it as "reef knot", it's pretty much the go-to knot there, to the point where I recall it making up part of a lot of designs on badges and such.
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4. memsom+8V[view] [source] [discussion] 2021-04-20 10:49:39
>>eythia+OK
It was a reef knot in the Scouts in the UK also. And a granny knot was a reef know where the sequence was repeated (RoL/RoL or LoR/LoR rather than LoR/RoL IIRC.)
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