# Slippery hitch

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{{Short description|Knot}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox knot
| name        = Slippery hitch
| image       = SlipperyHitchOnRoyalYard.jpg
| names       = 
| type        = hitch
| strength    = 
| origin      = 
| related     = [clove hitch](/source/clove_hitch)
| releasing   = 
| uses        = To attach a line to a rod or bar.
| caveat      = 
| abok_number = 
}}

A '''slippery hitch''' is a knot used to attach a line to a rod or bar.<ref name="McEwen 2006" /> It does not provide great strength compared to some other knots, but it can be tied relatively quickly and released very easily.<ref name="Cruising World" /> These characteristics mean that it is used on square-rigged ships for securing the [gaskets](/source/gasket_(sailing)) that bind stowed sails to the [yards](/source/yardarm).

The slippery hitch is effectively a [clove hitch](/source/clove_hitch) finished with a [slipped loop](/source/slipped_loop). To tie one, begin as for a clove hitch, but instead of passing the end of the line through the loop in the final step, pass a [bight](/source/Bight_(knot)) instead, leaving the end on the original side. Pulling on this end will release the hitch. If tied in a gasket, this will quickly release the sail.

thumb|left|200px|A slippery hitch – a clove hitch with a loop in the end.

== See also ==
* [List of knots](/source/List_of_knots)

== References ==
<references>

<ref name="McEwen 2006">{{cite book
| last        = McEwen
| first       = T.
| title       = Boater's Pocket Reference: Your Comprehensive Resource for Boats and Boating
| publisher   = Anchor Cove Pub.
| year        = 2006
| isbn        = 978-0-9774052-0-6
| url         = https://books.google.com/books?id=kdHyM6_egMwC&pg=PA387
| access-date = 14 November 2024
| page        = 387
}}</ref>
<ref name="Cruising World">{{cite book
| title       = Cruising World
| issn        = 0098-3519
| url         = https://books.google.com/books?id=uMC_kUIYSg8C&pg=RA2-PA128
| access-date = 14 November 2024
| page        = 2-PA128
}}</ref>

</references>

{{Knots}}

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