One thing I learned in Boy Scouts might well be incorporated somewhere in Manual Arts
program : a few simple knots. I have been amazed and a bit disgusted to see people who
can't tell a granny from a square knot, who have no idea what a fisherman's knot is, or
how to tie a bowline. I have heard of expensive pleasure boats taking harm because owner
did not know how to tie mooring line. I found some pictures in a Boy Scouts site, and think
I'll post some of it here, since it is educational.