(1) Run the "standing line" up from the load and take a couple of clockwise turns around the post.
(The line which takes the load is known as the Standing Line)
(2) Create a "bight" (loop) in the free end*,
and pass the bight under the standing line.
*(The free end is also known as the working end, ie the bit you manipulate)
(3) Drop the bight over the peg.
Notice the working line has just done a u-turn around the standing line.
Notice the working line has just done a second u-turn around the standing line, (in the opposite direction to the first one).
and pass it under the standing line (as in (2)).
(7) Drop the bight over the peg (as in (3)).
Notice the working line has just done a third u-turn around the standing line
(8) Pull gently on the free end to take out the slack.
Done!
Quick to undo. It will never become too tight to undo.
Great for a secondary mooring line, eg sternline, though not where vulnerable to interference where a bowline would be safer.
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