🔍 Key Concepts

• Rolling hitch and how it differs from a clove hitch and round turn with two half hitches • How knots behave when the pull is parallel to a spar or another line versus at right angles • Which illustrated knot is specifically shown snugged lengthwise along the spar rather than just around it

💭 Think About

• Look at each candidate knot (G, F, P, Q) and ask: is this designed for pulling along the spar/rope, or mainly for pulling away from it? • Compare how many turns go around the spar and whether any of those turns are tucked back to prevent the knot from sliding under lengthwise strain. • Identify which picture shows a knot commonly used to haul on another line or spar without it slipping, such as for taking the strain off a jammed line.

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify which knot is known in seamanship texts as suitable "to secure a line to a spar when the pull is parallel to the spar" (often used to take the strain off another line). • Confirm that the chosen illustration shows the standing part of the line running along the axis of the spar, not out at a right angle. • Make sure you are not choosing a knot meant for an eye, ring, or hook (like an anchor ring) or for forming a fixed loop in the line (like a bowline).