🔍 Key Concepts

• Function of a stopper hitch when taking the strain off a loaded line or holding a mooring line temporarily • Visual pattern of a stopper/rolling hitch: several turns along a standing line, then a locking turn against the pull • Difference between a bend (joining two lines), a hitch (to an object or another line), and a loop knot

💭 Think About

• First, which of the labeled knots L, M, N, and R is clearly made around another line or spar to grab it and hold tension, rather than just joining two ends together? • Among those, which one shows multiple wraps running along the standing part with the bitter end finishing in a turn that locks the wraps, so it will bite harder as you pull? • Eliminate any knot that is mainly decorative or symmetrical and not clearly designed to grip a loaded line in one direction.

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify which illustration shows a small line laid alongside and wrapped around another line or post, not just tied to a ring or hook. • Check the direction of strain: a stopper hitch should clearly grip in one direction along the standing line. • Make sure the option you choose is a true hitch (around an object/line), not a bend joining two free ends together.