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"Luke 451" wrote:

The lead from the boat is very long, and they
often had to tie off the boat
with the middle of the rope. The boat was always
a different distance from shore.

Unless there is wind and waves, you can use a simple clove hitch, slipped
over the top of the stake.

If there will be any tugging on the line, you can just make a few more
clove hitches on top of it. No fancy shmancy knot tying that your shipmates
could not learn in under 30 seconds and it will hold you.

K.I.S.S.

--
Karl Pollak, Richmond, British Columbia
Sea Scouting in Canada at http://www.seascouts.ca/