Nets have a variety of uses on board a sailboat. They can also be expensive. Save big bucks making them yourself and I’ll show you how. Fair warning though: This is a very long video and if you have any experience or knowledge in this art, you may find it a bit boring or too “drag-gy.” In this case, you may wish to “fast-forward or skip ahead over a few segments.
Last week, I showed you how to tie a basic knot used quite often by many people making their own nets. It’s important to watch this video because it will prove useful when you watch this video on actual net making.
In the first video of this series, I began with making your own net needle (shuttle) which was Part 1 of this series.
This video shows you how to make a very basic net by hand, employing one of the most common knots used in net making by hand, and I also included a little optional twist to make the knot more secure. (I used large sized line to make it easy for the viewer to see how the knot is tied in Part 2 with the link above).
Nets (in different shapes and sizes) are used in the cabin to suspend fresh fruits and veggies, used as laundry bags, snorkeling and diving gear bags, etc. Nets are added to stanchions and safety lines around the boat (mostly on offshore cruisers), and of course you can make nets for fishing. These are just a few suggestions but no doubt you can think of many more.
Here’s the video:
