The running bowline is a knot consisting of a bowline looped around its own standing end to create a noose. The running bowline is strong and secure....
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The bowline (/ˈboʊlɪn/) is an ancient and simple knot used to form a fixed loop at the end of a rope. It has the virtues of being both easy to tie and...
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double bowline, the water bowline is formed with a clove hitch as the loop in the standing part of the rope. This is similar to the double bowline, which...
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A double bowline (or round turn bowline) is a type of loop knot. Instead of the single turn of the regular bowline, the double bowline uses a round turn...
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The triple bowline knot is a variation of the bowline knot. The knot can be applied in emergency situations, such as mountain rescue. The name comes from...
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The Eskimo bowline, Cossack knot (Russian: Казачий узел), reverse bowline, or 'anti-bowline' is in a class of knots known as 'eye knots' or 'loop knots'...
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The bowline on a bight is a knot which makes a pair of fixed-size loops in the middle of a rope. Its advantage is that it is reasonably easy to untie...
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corners Bowline – forms a fixed loop at the end of a rope Boling knot (archaic term for the Bowline) – forms a fixed loop at the end of a rope Bowline bend [fr]...
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The cowboy bowline or left-hand bowline, is a variation of the bowline loop knot. The cowboy bowline has the working end go around the standing part on...
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Slip knot (redirect from List of running knots)
undone by pulling the tail (working end). The slip knot is related to the running knot, which will release when the standing end is pulled. Both knots are...
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Hangman's knot (category Running knots)
such as wet or greasy rope. One coil makes it equivalent to the simple running knot. Woody Guthrie sings of the hangman using thirteen coils: Did you...
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A Yosemite bowline is a loop knot often perceived as having better security than a bowline. If the knot is not dressed correctly, it can potentially collapse...
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bowline (Portuguese: Nó volta do calafate), also known as the Bowline on a coil, Caulker's bowline, or Lisbon surprise, is a variant of the bowline with...
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Noose (redirect from Running knot)
rope Names Noose, running knot Category Loop Related slip knot, overhand knot, double overhand noose, hangman's knot, running bowline, arbor knot Releasing...
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224 It is considered one of the most important knots, alongside the bowline and the sheet bend. Although the name clove hitch is given by Falconer...
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hammock-like space it creates. The dogshank can be thought of as two opposite bowlines where the two ends provide the respective standing lines each with its...
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The Spanish bowline is a double loop knot that can be used to lift a person. For a conscious person, each loop is placed around a leg and the person holds...
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Triple bowline Water bowline Yosemite bowline Zeppelin Running (slip) Hangman's Running bowline Running highwayman's hitch Tarbuck Splices & splicing Eye Fid...
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Triple bowline Water bowline Yosemite bowline Zeppelin Running (slip) Hangman's Running bowline Running highwayman's hitch Tarbuck Splices & splicing Eye Fid...
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Triple bowline Water bowline Yosemite bowline Zeppelin Running (slip) Hangman's Running bowline Running highwayman's hitch Tarbuck Splices & splicing Eye Fid...
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loop Truckers' Hitch With Span loop as upper loop Truckers' Hitch With Bowline on the bight as upper loop Truckers' Hitch With Angler's loop as upper...
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Triple bowline Water bowline Yosemite bowline Zeppelin Running (slip) Hangman's Running bowline Running highwayman's hitch Tarbuck Splices & splicing Eye Fid...
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List of knot terminology (redirect from Running end)
must be tied in a two-stage process by first tying a figure-eight knot, running the end of the rope around the fixed object, and then threading the rope...
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eye splice or bowline on the other, with about 30 feet (~10 metres) of line between. A lightweight feeder line would be tied to the bowline, then the weighted...
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Triple bowline Water bowline Yosemite bowline Zeppelin Running (slip) Hangman's Running bowline Running highwayman's hitch Tarbuck Splices & splicing Eye Fid...
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hitch, bowline, reef knot (square knot), round turn and two half-hitches, and sheepshank. The sheet bend is related in structure to the bowline; like the...
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Cableman's hitch puts the strain onto the hitch crossing over the two running ends of the rope. The Nintendo Wiimote, for securing the strap to the Wiimote...
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Triple bowline Water bowline Yosemite bowline Zeppelin Running (slip) Hangman's Running bowline Running highwayman's hitch Tarbuck Splices & splicing Eye Fid...
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consist of a series of wraps around the spars, and frapping around the line running between the spars.[citation needed] Diagonal lashing is a type of lashing...
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Triple bowline Water bowline Yosemite bowline Zeppelin Running (slip) Hangman's Running bowline Running highwayman's hitch Tarbuck Splices & splicing Eye Fid...
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