Ringbolt hitching
{{Short description|Series of protective knots around a heavy ring}}
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| name=Ringbolt hitching
| image= Continuous-ring-hitching-ABOK-3602.jpg
| caption= Continuous ring hitching
| names= Continuous ring hitching, Single ringbolt hitching, Kackling, Keckling, Hog backing
| type= hitch
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| uses= To prevent damage from the ring
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| abok_number= #3602, #3604, #3613
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Ringbolt hitching is a series of hitches made around a ring. Covering a ring in hitching can prevent damage if the ring is likely to chafe or strike against something, such as a mooring line or mast.
Continuous
Continuous ring hitching, also known as single ringbolt hitching, is a series of identical hitches made around a ring. This is considered the simplest form of ringbolt hitching.Clifford W. Ashley, The Ashley Book of Knots (New York: Doubleday, 1944), 569.
Alternate
Alternate ring hitching, also known as kackling or keckling, is a type of ringbolt hitching formed with a series of alternate left and right hitches made around a ring.
As a means of dampening sound in row boats when a covert night operation was being undertaken, oar handles were wrapped in keckling knots to prevent wood rubbing on wood.Pope Dudley, Ramage and the Dido (Great Britain: William Collins & Son, 1989), 226. {{ISBN|9780755108275}}.
More Ringbolt hitches
Barb3602-1b Ringbolzenknotung (Schweinsrücken).jpg| Clifford W. Ashley shows two versions of ABOK 3602. Below is without, above with additional turn.
Barb3604-2 Ringbolzenknotung (Schweinsrücken).jpg|Single-Strand Ringbolt hitch (ABOK 3604). Alternating.
Barb3605-1 Ringbolzenknotung (Schweinsrücken).jpg|Three-strand Ringbolt hitch (ABOK 3605)
Barb3606 Ringbolzenknotung (Schweinsrücken).jpg|Five-strand Ringbolt hitch (ABOK 3606)
Barb3607-23 Ringbolzenknoten.jpg|Five-strand Ringbolt hitch (ABOK 3607) in style of a French sinnet.
Barb3608-1 Ringbolzenknotung (Schweinsrücken).jpg|Two-strand Ringbolt hitch (ABOK 3608)
Barb3609-1 Ringbolzenknotung (Schweinsrücken).jpg|Two-strand Ringbolt hitch (ABOK 3609)
Barb3610-3 Ringbolzenknoten.jpg|Five-strand Zigzag Ringbolt hitch (ABOK 3610)
Barb3611-7 Ringbolzenknoten.jpg|Single-Strand Ringbolt hitch (ABOK 3611). Buttonholing-style
Barb3612-8 Ringbolzenknoten.jpg|Single-Strand Ringbolt hitch (ABOK 3612). Buttonholing-style
Schweinsrücken (Einzel-Strang)Barb01.jpg|Single-Strand Ringbolt hitch (ABOK 3613)
Barb3614-9 Ringbolzenknoten.jpg|Single-Strand Ringbolt hitch (ABOK 3614)
Barb3615-10b Ringbolzenknoten.jpg|Single-Strand Ringbolt hitch (ABOK 3615)
Barb3616-07 Ringbolzenknoten.jpg|Single-Strand Ringbolt hitch (ABOK 3616)
Barb3617-05 Ringbolzenknoten.jpg|Single-Strand Ringbolt hitch (ABOK 3617)
Barb3618-15 Ringbolzenknoten.jpg|Single-Strand Ringbolt hitch (ABOK 3618)
See also
References
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