How to Tie Knots on Boat Buoys
- 1). Push the bitter end through the hole or ring at the bottom of the buoy. Pull 2 feet of rope through the hole and push the bitter end through again, pulling tight the rope wrapped around the ring. Repeat this, without pulling the second wrap tight.
- 2). Pull the rope's bitter end around the standing part of the rope, making a loop a few inches away from the buoy's ring and push the bitter end through the wrap you didn't pull tight.
- 3). Loop the bitter end around the standing part again, until you can tuck the bitter end underneath itself. Pull the bitter end to draw the "Fisherman's Bend" knot tight. Wrap the bitter end around the standing part and underneath itself twice more to ensure the knot is secure, pulling the bitter end each time to draw the knot tight.
