🔍 Key Concepts

• Gantline and stage rigging – how a stage is hung and what the bridle does at the standing part • The typical use of each knot listed: bowline, sheet bend, fisherman’s bend, carrick bend • When you need a secure loop around a support versus when you are joining two lines

💭 Think About

• Ask yourself: Is the bridle at the standing part usually a fixed loop around a strong point, or is it more like joining two ropes together? • Which of these knots is most commonly used to make a strong, non‑slipping eye in the end of a line that is easy to untie after being loaded? • Think about which knots are primarily used for bending two lines together, and which are used for making a temporary stage or bosun’s chair rig safe for personnel.

✅ Before You Answer

• Identify whether the bridle in a gantline is generally formed by creating an eye/loop or by joining two separate lines • Recall which listed knots are classified as bends for joining two lines (sheet bend, carrick bend) versus hitches or loops • Confirm in your seamanship notes which knot is traditionally taught for personnel‑carrying rigs like stages and bosun’s chairs