What is the know called they use on boats?

Question

What is the know called they use on boats?

Answer 1

The knots they use at the docks are called figure 8's.

Answer 2

what are you talking about

Answer 3

bend

Answer 4

Do you mean knowledge - that is called seamanship

Answer 5

That MAKES NO SENSE... do you mean KNOT or what?  the sentence makes no sense as written.

Vortex32 doesn't seem to know that a "Figure 8" knot is used ON THE END OF A LINE to keep it from running through the block