Learn how to tie both the four-strand Footrope Knot and the four-strand Diamond Knot with this clear, step-by-step tutorial.

There are many techniques, tricks and gadgets to connect running rigging to sails. The post Knots Work, But These Connections ...

Master the Alpine Butterfly Bend and enhance your rope-handling skills! This tutorial demonstrates the proper technique, explains why this knot is so reliable, and provides tips to avoid common ...

Imagine living sometime around the early 1600s. You're standing on the deck of a wooden ship. The wind's biting, the sky's endless. And your captain's yelling, "Drop the log!" Back then, before sonar ...

Strong, flexible, and useful — ropes help us climb, pull, and hold things steady. No wonder they’ve tied themselves into everyday English! Rope idioms talk about teamwork, patience, control, and even ...

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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is urging the Federal Trade Commission to investigate The Knot Worldwide after his office received dozens of new complaints accusing the wedding planning site of ...

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Ropes & Gray continues to offer no origination credit and has maintained a single-tier partnership model, even as its competitors break from both of those traditions. As more law firms move to ...

Scanning the crowd at a fancy soiree may reveal a wide array of neckties, each fastened with a highly complex mathematical object masquerading as fashion. An entire field of mathematics is devoted to ...

ROPE: How a Bundle of Twisted Fibers Became the Backbone of Civilization. By Tim Queeney. St. Martin’s Press. 336 pages. $27. Counter-intuitive as it seems, a knot makes a length of rope weaker, not ...