History of the sailor knot

05/12/2012

From time immemorial knots were used in all the marine tasks as a practical necessity both aboard the boats and on land.

The knots were used to the maximum during the sailing time by all the sailors of the world.

In modern times and with the new technologies applied to ships, the use of knots is reduced to a few needs.

From the 70s on, the resurgence of the sailor knot begins in Spain and this time through a new facet (craftsmanship), in which men of the sea recover in a short time much of what was considered lost, fostering with great imagination and creativity an artisan and decorative activity, being the city of Cartagena cradle of this activity

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