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Bowline
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- A commonly used knot to tie a loop in the end of a rope. It has
the advantage of not jamming, compared to some other loop forming
knots (for example when using an overhand knot on a large bight to
form a loop).
- Form a small loop (the direction is important), and pass the free
end of the knot up through the loop, around behind the standing part
of the rope, and back down through the loop.
- A chant used by many to remember this knot is "The rabbit
comes out of the hole, round the tree, and back down the hole
again", where the hole is the small loop, and the rabbit is the
running end of the rope.
- In the same way that a Left
Handed Sheet bend is a Sheet
bend that has the running end of the rope coming out of the
wrong side of the knot, a cowboy bowline is a bowline that also has
the running end of the rope coming out of the wrong side of the
knot. It suffers the same problems as the left handed sheet bend.
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- Tip. Don't be afraid to use this knot to form a loop of any size
in rope.
- Tip. To quickly identify if you have tied the Bowline normal or
left handed, check to see that the running end exits the knot on the
inside of the loop.
- Tip. For added security, finish the knot with a stop knot such as
a Figure
of Eight knot to remove any possibility of the Bowline slipping.
- Tip. If you use this knot in a man carrying situation - perhaps a
rescue where a harness is unavailable - then you MUST use a stop
knot as mentioned above.
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