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¿Qué nudo está especialmente indicado para afirmar un cabo a una argolla?Which knot is especially suited to making a rope fast to a ring?

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Correct answer: b) Fisherman’s bend (vuelta de rezón)

Why it is correct

The fisherman’s bend is made by passing the rope through the ring, and is designed for that.

Why the others are not

  • a) The clove hitch is mainly for posts and rails.
  • c) The reef knot joins two ropes.
  • d) The bowline makes an eye.

How to work it out in the exam

  1. A rezón is also an anchor: this bend is for anchor rings.

Where this question comes from

Try it: Knots and lines

Pending instructor review. Machine translation, not reviewed.