Knots You Need to Know!

Whether you are working in the back yard, on a boat, packing a truck, or climbing a mountain, putting rope to work with knots is essential to making your day run smoothly. Join Max Smith as he guides you through creating knots and how to use them correctly to secure things, to pull objects, to build, and even to decorate. Beginners welcome!

After taking this short class, students will be able to identify different types of rope, and how to handle and use them in a correct application. You will also be able to tie a variety of knots that have a variety of applications on land and sea using the correct type of rope. Effective knots are easy to tie and easy to untie.

This is a skills-based class with a small takeaway decorative item (e.g. a braided coaster) that you can make as a “how to” guide when you get home.

Date: Tues., Jan. 27, 6-9 PM
Instructor: Max Smith
Class size (max.): 20
Attendance (min.): 4*
Skill level: basic
Prerequisites: none

Registration (per person)
Household Member & Above: $85**
Individual Member: $89**
General Public: $94
Register By: Jan. 25

*Classes that do not meet the minimum attendance number may be cancelled or rescheduled. If so, you will receive a full refund, or class credit, regardless of the cancellation date.

**We encourage you to become a member to receive discounted class tuition. You must be a current member on the date of registering to receive your discount. Please login to activate your member discount. To become a new member, please sign up here, or call 845-338-0071.

Instructor: Max Smith is a multidisciplinary craftsman with ten years of experience in woodworking in various forms, stringed instrument repair and making, piano tuning and repair, boatbuilding, cabinetmaking, and as Maintenance Coordinator for the Beacon Sloop Club. He is a full time instructor at HRMM and has participated as a skills demonstrator at the Eric Sloane Museum in Kent, CT. Max frequently sails his 15' Goat Island Skiff, inviting friends and teaching them the basics of sailing.