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Canonical Name: Bowline (pronounced "bow -lin" or "bow -line")
Variant name(s): Death knot, Rescue knot, French bowline, Boland knot.
Category: Loop on the end.
Origin: This is an ancient knot and is considered the 'King of Knots'.
Related knot(s): double bowline, water bowline, Spanish bowline, triple bowline, Portuguese bowline, bowline on a bight, Irish bowline, running bowline.
Releasing: Non-jamming.
Efficiency: 60-75%
Caveats: Free end should be tied off; if not set well it can slip. Image File history File links Bowline. ...
Image File history File links Bowline. ...
Some knots: 1. ...
Categories: Knot stubs | Knots ...
Categories: Knot stubs | Knots ...
Triple bowline first step Triple bowline second step Triple bowline third step Triple bowline fourth step Triple bowline fifth step The triple bowline knot or a triple bowline on the bight is a variation of the bowline knot that is used to create three loops on one knot simultaneously. ...
Canonical Name: Bowline on a bight Variant name(s): None known. ...
The Irish bowline is a new knot. ...
Running bowline How to make a running bowline. ...
Uses - Used mainly to make a temporary eye in a line.
- Commonly used in sailing small craft, for example to fasten a halyard to the head of a sail.
- The Federal Aviation Administration recommends the bowline knot for tying down light aircraft.
- Commonly used in the theatre. Anytime an eye in the line is needed a bowline is used.
- Commonly referred to as the rescue knot because it can be tied around oneself one-handed, and is used to lift people out of dangerous situations.
In sailing, a halyard is a line (rope) that is used to hoist (pull up) a sail or a yard to which a sail has been attached (bent on). ...
The Federal Aviation Administration is the entity of the United States government which regulates and oversees all aspects of civil aviation in the U.S. // Activities Along with the European Joint Aviation Authorities, the FAA is one of the two main agencies worldwide responsible for the certification of new aircraft. ...
An aircraft is any machine capable of atmospheric flight. ...
Comments After learning the overhand knot and the figure-of-eight knot, the bowline is the next most useful and easy to learn knot. Many people are taught the slow and all thumbs 'Bunny' method. In fact it can be very fast to tie even under the most difficult of circumstances. The overhand knot is a type of knot. ...
The Figure-of-eight knot is a type of knot. ...
There are many 'loop on the end' knots. Like the others the bowline can be made and then secured over an object like a post. But many other loop knots are unlike the Bowline. The working end can first be passed through a ring object and then tied. This unique feature of the Bowline makes it a convenient loop knot and a knot everyone should master. One bowline tied through another is one way of joining two ropes, although many other knots will preserve a greater share of the rope's initial strength. Some knots: 1. ...
Perhaps a bit of overzealousness on one knot-tyer's part, the bowline has the strength that "the rope will break before the knot comes undone."
John Smith's Seaman's Grammar (published in 1627) is perhaps the first written reference to it, although a "curiously intricate knot…akin to the bowline" was discovered on the rigging of Egyptian Pharaoh Cheops' solar ship during an excavation. John Smith is often regarded as the most common personal name in the United Kingdom and in some other English-speaking countries, with John having often been the most common first name in the UK and Smith being the most common surname in both the UK and the United States...
Structure The structure of the bowline is identical to the sheet bend, but with one of the tails of the sheet bend connected to the running part of one of the lines. If you take a bowline, and cut the loop portion near the portion that does not have the tail beside it, you will have two lines joined by a sheet bend. Having such a strong basic knot as the sheet bend at its core, is consistent with the strength of this versatile knot. Sheet bend tied with two different types of nylon rope. ...
Tying
 Bowline step-by-step ("Bunny" method) This knot can be tied in a number of ways, including in the air, around an object, and around oneself. Image created by me using the GIMP - sik0fewl 20:37, 13 Jul 2004 (UTC) File links The following pages link to this file: Bowline Categories: GFDL images ...
Image created by me using the GIMP - sik0fewl 20:37, 13 Jul 2004 (UTC) File links The following pages link to this file: Bowline Categories: GFDL images ...
The 'Bunny' method: form the hole (a loop), the bunny comes up through the hole, around the tree, and back down through the hole. This is a difficult and inferior way to tie.
Single hand method: Grasp the free end with the thumb of the dominant hand (leaving some free length) and place the line behind the victim. Cross the free end over the line in front of the victim, then twist the hand under the line and up to form a loop around the wrist. Push the free end around the line, then pull it through the wrist loop.
Lightning (aka Jedi) method: Tie a slip knot with the main line as the adjustable end, pass the working end through the loop and pull the slip knot tight until it flips over. The resulting knot is a bowline. Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn The Jedi are a fictional monastic peacekeeping organization from the Star Wars saga, known for their talent in the Force. ...
A slip knot (or running knot) is one of two different classes of knot. ...
 Bowline step-by-step (lightning method) Image File history File links Lightning_bowline_load. ...
Image File history File links Lightning_bowline_load. ...
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