Difference between revisions of "AY Honors/Knot/Bowline"

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|name = Bowline
 
|name = Bowline
 
|image = Knot bowline.jpg
 
|image = Knot bowline.jpg
|use = This knot doesn't jam or slip when tied properly.
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|use = This knot doesn't jam or slip when tied properly.  In sailing, the bowline is used to tie a halyard to a sail head.
 
|tying_instructions =
 
|tying_instructions =
 
# Make the overhand loop with the end held toward you, then pass end through loop.
 
# Make the overhand loop with the end held toward you, then pass end through loop.

Revision as of 01:34, 20 June 2007

Bowline
Knot bowline.jpg

Use: This knot doesn't jam or slip when tied properly. In sailing, the bowline is used to tie a halyard to a sail head.

How to tie:

  1. Make the overhand loop with the end held toward you, then pass end through loop.
  2. Now pass end up behind the standing part, then down through the loop again.
  3. Draw up tight.