I like it when it makes me feel something.

I’m just a simple sailor that way. There are a few knots that are amazingly important.

I believe there are 100+ knots for sailors.

But sailing is just like when you learn technical analysis, you understand that only 2-3 knots (indicators) matter.

yeah, same. for me it's these 2 + half hitch and occasionally the figure 8...i suppose i use a square knot for my shoes but that doesn't feel like it counts as much.