From: ercn72@festival.ed.ac.uk (R.J.Hare)
Newsgroups: rec.boats
Subject: Re: Knots
Date: 10 Oct 92 10:05:27 GMT

OK, here's the second alternative way of tying a bowline. The diagrams are
*not* very good, so I'll try and explain in detail (for right-handers - left
handers reverse everything).

1) Form a bight in your rope with the standing part to the left and the bitter
   end to the right. The curve of the bight should be away from you (diagram
   1)

2) Form a loop in the standing part of the bight. The top of the crossover of
   the loop should lead direct to the standing part of the rope. (diagram 2)

3) Reach down through the loop and pull up through the loop a second bight of
   the standing part of the rope(diagram 3).

4) Drop the bitter end of the rope down through the loop formed at 3) (diagram
   4).

5) Double the bitter end back on iself and pull on the doubled bitter end and
   the standing part of the rope. The knot should collapse into a bowline.

This appalling description and lousy diagrams to follow do not do justice to
this way of tying the knot. It's really quick - effectively you are tying the
knot 'upside down' wrt to the usual 'rabbit round the tree' method. If you are
on the foredeck hanking sails on and tying sheets on, it is quicker than
trying to tie the knot upside down using the standard method.

As I said, I think I found the method described in Ashley - I will go home
right now and try and find the page number - I can't remember it...

Roger Hare

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Next ascii diagram will be of a Turks Head... (joke - please don't hold me to
that!).