Blacked Out Knots

This project, like the blacked out flange tree project, was a way of testing our knowledge of knots and knot tieing in a no visibility underwater situation. Divers are often required to rig things for lifting underwater so having a working knowledge of rigging is nessecary to complete lifts in a safe manner. To ensure that we have gained this level of knowledge the instructors once again covered the face plate of the helmet with duct tape and sent us to the bottom to tie 10 knots that they felt we should know. We were required to tie a reef knot, single and double sheet bend, clove hitch, rolling hitch, round turn and two half hitches, bowline, bowline on a bite, figure eight, and a figure eight with an eye.