Things You'll Need:
- Rope
- Anchor
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Step 1
Hold the anchor in one hand (if it is not too heavy), otherwise, set it on a table with the eye up and open. Hold your rope by the tag end (the end of the rope) in your other hand.
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Step 2
Pull the tag end through the eye hole of the anchor. Depending upon the size of the anchor and the size of your rope, leave approximately 18 inches of rope from the eye to the tag end.
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Step 3
Pull the tag end over the eye hole and back through the eye in the same direction as when you started. This creates a loop of rope off the eye hole. The loop should be approximately 8 to 10 inches in diameter.
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Step 4
Bring the tag end back toward your body and pass it in front of the loop and the working line. The tag end should cross over two lines of rope at this point.
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Step 5
Pass the tag end through the loop in the rope essentially reversing the direction of the tag end. The tag end is now coming out of the loop, the opposite end from where it went in. You should now have considerably less rope length from the tag end to work with.
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Step 6
Create a half-hitch knot below the loop. Take your tag end and pass it over and around the working line only. Do not cross over your loop. Bring the tag end up in between itself and your working line and pull it tight.
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Step 7
Cinch the base of your half-hitch knot against the bottom of the loop. Continue this motion until the loop is cinched up against the eye of your anchor.
