The bowline is an ancient knot. It dates so far back historians can’t even pinpoint who tied it first, but what makes it so impressive is that it’s as important and useful today as it was to mariners, ...

The bowline is a slightly weaker knot, at 70 to 75 percent, followed by the double fisherman's at 65 to 70 percent. The clove hitch is the weakest of the common climbing knots, at 60 to 65 percent.

The ‘six-knot challenge’ (also known as the ‘Surrey Six’, because it was originally developed by the Surrey branch of the IGKT) invites contenders to tie six elementary knots — sheet bend, reef knot, ...

Bowline. This ancient nautical knot is named after a rope used on old square-rigged ships. Forming a secure loop at the end of a rope that won’t slip under load, the bowline has in the past been used ...

This knot is also more secure than the bowline with new, stiff, or slick ropes and in situations where the knot could rub against the rock (chimney climbing)--it's much less likely to come undone.

Bowline Knot is one of the most used loop knots. Since it ... the junior sailing association to teach sailing instructors how to tie knots and how to teach their young students the ancient skill.

Bowline Knot. U se this knot to tie fixed, super-strong, non-jamming loops. The bowline knot makes a secure loop at the end of a piece of rope.It works best when it's holding a load, which helps ...

The bowline (pronounced "boh-lin", and pictured at top) is a knot that's used to form a fixed loop on the end of a rope. In sailing, it's commonly used to attach a line to the head of a sail, or ...

Ease of Tying. The double-loop bowline and the trace-8 are complicated knots that require practice. As Clifford Ashley noted in his 620-page The Ashley Book of Knots, "A knot is never 'nearly ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Captain Chuck Woods on the General Jackson Showboat shows us how to make a bowline knot. Watch this Let Me Help segment in the video player above. For more great tips ...