I just had someone ask me for info on how to make the Privateer Knot so I thought I’d post a photo and drawing as well as a link to the online “Instructable” for the knot. I wrote about the Privateer Knot several years ago on the blog here. The knot was named for Schooner Mahdee — she was known as Schooner Privateer from 1953 until 1983. The story and reference to Mahdee is told in Marino’s 2001 Sailmakers Apprentice which you can get online at Amazon and other places.