What's that knot?
Ship parts
Legendary sailors
100

Figure of eight knot

Used at the ends of the ropes (sheets) to keep them from slipping through the holes at the side of Ture's boats. 

Ottetalsknob

100

Anchor

100

Italian explorer and colonizer who "discovered" the Caribbean and Central and South America from 1492 and onwards.

Christoffer Columbus

200

Square knot

Used for tying two ropes together.


Råbåndsknob

200

Looking for two words here :)

Mast and sail

200

Norwegian adventurer who sailed his raft "Kontiki" from South America to to the Tuamutu Islands (1949) in the Pacific to prove that humans could have spread to the Pacific islands that way. 

Thor Heyerdahl

300

Round turn and two half hitches

Used for tue the boat to the dock (among many things). 

Rundtørn med dobbelt halvstik om egen part

300

Heavy attachment to the hull.
Gives the boat extra stability. 

Keel

300

Sailed the Danish shop Nordkaperen around the globe several times. Known from TV and books. 

Troels Kløvedal

400

Bowline

Used for tying one thing to another by making a look around it. For example: tie the black buckets to the inside of Ture's boats. 

Pælestik

400

The thing that controlls the direction of the boat

Rudder

400

British discoverer and captain who led many expeditions to the Pacific and "discovered" Australia in 1770.

Captain James Cook

500

Sheet bend

Used for tying two ropes together. Especially if they are of different thicknes. 

Flagknob

500

Which side of the ship is facing towards the dock?

Starboard

500

The youngest person ever to sail around the world alone (at 16 years old).


Laura Dekker (from Holland)

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