Page 22 - Forbes Pettigrew "A Few Good Knots"

The Spanish Bowline (ABoK #1087) is one of the Classic Chair Knots,
used extensively at one time to hoist people at sea and until recently in
rescue operations. Now superseded by safety harnesses.
It remains a beautiful knot.

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Spanish Bowline (Chair Knot) Fig. 24
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