Usage: The Round Turn and Two Half Hitches is a hitch used to secure the end of a rope to a fixed object and is often used in boating to permanently tie to a piling, mooring, column or ring.

Related:

• Anchor Hitch
• Two Half Hitches
• Buntline Hitch

ABOK: 1720, 1721, 1784, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1883, 1884, 1910

Classification: Hitch

Structure: The name refers to the components used to form the knot: a round turn wraps the rope around the object (completely encircling it) and the two half hitches secure the end around the standing part. Variations of this hitch can be made with differing numbers of turns and half-hitches.

Strength/Reliability: The Round Turn and Two Half Hitches is easily tied and rarely jams. The chief advantage of this hitch is that it won’t slip along the object to which it is secured. In most cases use of this knot is preferred over the simpler Two Half Hitches.