Biggzie

"floaty thing tied to the do dahs on the thing'a'me'jig "

You know something, I understood that.

Now back to the securing question.

Bee could have a a look on :

http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/knotlink.htm

or

http://www.marinews.com/bk_knots.htm

or

http://www.neropes.com/pleasure_marine/knots.html

Hope these help.