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How to Tie a Bowline Knot

Thứ sáu - 26/04/2024 23:11

The bowline is the "King of Knots" in the boating world. The bowline, pronounced 'Bowlin' not 'bow-line', is secure, easy to make and unties easily even after being subjected to a heavy load. Follow these simple steps to learn how to tie a...

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The bowline is the "King of Knots" in the boating world. ^{[1] X Research source} The bowline, pronounced 'Bowlin' not 'bow-line', is secure, easy to make and unties easily even after being subjected to a heavy load. Follow these simple steps to learn how to tie a basic and running bowline, as well as how to untie them.

Method 1

Method 1 of 3:

Tying the Standard Bowline

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Use a mnemonic to remember how to tie the knot. Think of the loop as a "rabbit's hole" and the string end coming off the loop as a "tree". Imagine the other loose end of the string, which you're holding in your right hand, is the "rabbit". The rabbit comes up the hole, runs around the tree, and goes back down the hole.
- Another way to remember how to make this knot is with a rhyme:
  
  "Lay the bight to make a hole
  Then under the back and around the pole
  Over the top and through the eye
  Clinch it tight and let it lie"^{[2] X Research source}

This will be your ‘standing end’ or the end that does not move (consider this end the ‘hole’ and the ‘tree’.) Hold the other end in your right hand (this is the free end--the end of the rope that will be used to form the knot, or the ‘rabbit.’)Make a small loop with the end of the string in your left hand. This loop is the ‘hole’ the rabbit comes out of.^{[3] X Research source}

These instructions assume you start with an "underhand" loop, so that the free end of the string is under the intersection formed by the loop.^{[4] X Research source}

) The end should be coming towards you as it goes through the loop. Think of this as the rabbit coming out of its hole.^{[5] X Research source}

This string is the part pointing upwards from the loop (the ‘tree’.) Pull the ‘rabbit’ back through the loop and down into the ‘hole’. This time the end is going away from you.

Hold the other end in your right hand and pull the ends in opposite directions to tighten the knot.

Method 2

Method 2 of 3:

Tying a Running Bowline

In particular, if you are in a boat and would like to secure your boat to a pole or piling, this is the way to do it. It also work for securing a rope to a pole on any occasion (it could even work for hanging up a hammock.)^{[6] X Research source}
The running end is the end of the rope that is not connected to your boat, horse, etc. It is the end you will use to form the knot. Make a large, loose loop with the running end so that the tip of the rope hangs over the standing end (the part of the rope that your knot gets tied around.
It should go over the standing end and then back up from under the standing end.
The tip should then continue up through the hole and around itself (around the straight part of the rope that leads to the loop you formed.)
The tip should go down into the loop after you have sent it up and over itself. Pull the tip through so that it pokes out of the hole for a couple of inches.
Pulling on the standing end will slide the knot up to the pole.

Method 3

Method 3 of 3:

Untying a Bowline Knot

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No matter how tight the knot has been pulled, one needs only to "break its back:"

The running end is the end with which you tie the knot (the ‘rabbit.) The standing end is the ‘tree’ around which the ‘rabbit’ runs. This spot where the ‘rabbit’ loops around the ‘tree’ forms the shape of a cross.^{[7] X Research source}

You should push the loop away from the knot so that the back of the knot 'breaks'. This will release tension on the loop securing the running end and allow the knot to be untied.

It may help to push the two sides of the knot together so that there is absolutely no tension on the rope while you pull the knot apart.

Warnings

This knot can't be untied while there is a load on its standing end.

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Do not use this knot for heavy loads or climbing.

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