AY Honor Knot Tying Requirements used by Franco-Belgian Union

Knot Tying

Skill Level

2

Year

1975

Version

15.01.2025

Approval authority

General Conference

1. Demonstrate your ability to make a braided rope (with 3 threads) 1.80m long using string or other natural materials. " a threefold cord is not quickly broken" Ecc. 4.12

2. Make :

a. A splice

b. An eye splice

c. Finish with a double larks head or Matthew Walter knot

3. Perform at least 20 of the knots listed below and understand their most common uses and limitations:

a. Half-knot or simple knot

b. Clove Hitch

c. Girth Hitch

d. Fisherman's knot

e. Square knot

f. Cleat hitch

g. Pomme de tire veille

h. Figure height

i. Hangman's knot

j. Half hitch

k. Prussik hitch

l. Triple Overhand Stopper Knot

m. Lasso

n. Overhand loop

o. Marlinspike hitch

p. Double sheet bend

q. Sheep shank

r. Mooring hitch

s. Double sheet bend

t. Clove hitch

u. Turk's head

v. Timber hitch

w. Carrick bend

x. Slip knot

y. Bowline

z. Double bowline

aa. Running bowline

bb. Surgeon's knot

cc. Granny knot

dd. Sheet bend with a bight

ee. Rope-ladder

ff. Round turn and two half hitches

4. Prepare a board on which to display 20 or more knots (with their names and uses).