Navy Skills for Life - Knot Tying - Figure Eight

Who else would know how to make a figure-eight knot better than a Navy Sailor? Chief Boatswain’s Mate James Mickens and fellow Sailors demonstrate how it’s done. This episode focuses on a common knotting technique for mooring large and small vessels.
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[@LeoDomitrix]

If you learned this knot from your dad and uncle, you know they were USN. And they were. Best-secured fishing boat on the Great Lakes.

[@triplex7144]

Put one more full turn on with that first one and your 3rd turn can hold the boat. Much safer to gain control should the load come on.

[@mechaukeru]

can u do that in slow motion

[@jaykorendon2834]

My old chief!!!

[@mariabanales4874]

What you know about them figure-eight son thank you for your service that was satisfying

[@americasnavy]

HOOYAH 💪💪

[@drwombat]

Is he saying boatswain mate? Is that how it's pronounced?

[@joachimjohan1215]

wooooow (owen wilson) so thats the way the navy does it. wooooooooow

[@kylevalucky1003]

When I was in they called it a bird's nest. If I remember right.

[@andrewmoore662]

That is not a figure of eight knot

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[@tubaljohn1]

Blk chief? What ever. Good luck.