August 22, 2003
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Oh, Knots!
Stopper knot
(a.k.a. Figure 8 knot)
Used to keep your sheets1 from flying
out of your blocks2 and into the water.
Also good to know if you rockclimb.Footnotes:
1 – Sheets are also called lines. Sheets are the ropes tied to the ends of the sails in order to control them. Why sheets are ropes and not sails, I don’t know, since anyone with any normal grasp of English automatically thinks of sails when someone says “sheets.” If anyone can enlighten me, please feel free.2 – Blocks are pulleys. Pulleys are used to enhance control over your sheets. Why they don’t just call them pulleys, I don’t know. Again, I am willing to be enlightened, if some sage sailor wants to inform me.
Comments (2)
I read exactly zero journals while staying at your place. Most I did was look through vinyls (there was a really weird one with Alvin and the Chimpmunks and they look stoned) and watch home movies. So it looks like you’re going to have to share some poetry.
So that’s how you do one of those knots.
BTW, how does the cathouse song go?