To Make a Carrick Bend:
Lay the end of one hawser over its own part
to form a bight a then pass the end of another hawser up through that
bight near b, going out over the first end at c, crossing under the
first long part and over its end at d, then under both long parts,
forming the loops, and above the first short part at b, terminating at
the end e in the opposite direction vertically and horizontally to the
other end. The ends should be securely stopped to their respective
standing parts, and also a stop put on d the extreme end to
prevent it catching a pipe or chock; in that form this is the best quick
means of uniting two large hawsers, since they cannot jam. When large
hawsers have to work through small pipes, good security may be
obtained either by passing ten or twelve taut racking turns with a
suitable strand and securing each end to a standing part of the hawser,
or by taking half as many round turns taut, crossing the ends between
the hawsers over the seizing and reef knotting the ends. This should be
repeated in three places and the extreme ends well stopped. Connecting
hawsers by bowline knots is very objectionable, as the bend is large and
the knots jam.