Shear lashing

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The sheer lashing is a type of lashing.

Canonical Name: Sheer lashing.
Variant Name(s):
Category: lashing.
Origin:
Related knots: round lashing
Releasing: begin by undoing a clove hitch. Next unfrap the lashing. Next unwrap the rope. Finally, undo the other clove hitch.
Efficiency: 100%.
Caveat:
Materials: Two spars, 15 - 20 feet of rope.
Uses: Tying two spars together when the spars must subsequently be swung apart slightly in a scissors motion (sheer legs). Two sheer lashings may also be used in place of round lashings to join two spars of unequal thickness in a straight line.
Structure:
Tying: To tie a sheer lashing, begin with a clove hitch around one spar. Then wrap the free end of the rope around both sparsabout seven or eight times. Make about three fraps around the lashing, and end up with a clove hitch on the second spar.

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