# The Merchant Shipping (Certificates of Competency as A.B.) Regulations 1970, Paragraph 9


Knots, hitches and bends in common use:—
Reef knot
Bowline and bowline on the bight
Timber hitch
Sheet bend, double and single
Clovehitch
Sheepshank
Rolling hitch
Round turn and two half hitches
Figure of eight
Marlinspike hitch
Wall and crown
To whip a rope's end using plain or palm and needle whipping. To put a seizing on rope and wire. To put a stopper on a rope or wire hawser, and derrick lift.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1970/294/schedule/1/paragraph/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-certificates-of-competency-as-ab-regulations-1970/schedule-1/paragraph-9
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