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BOwLIne On a BIGht

A fixed double loop that can be tied in the
middle of a line.

Bowline on a bight, bowline in the bight, bowline upon one leg through one loop, the other leg through the oth-
the bight—they are all names for the same knot. This er loop. The person in the seat held onto the line and was
knot can be tied near a working end of a rope but more then lowered or raised, as over the side of a ship. When a
often appears away from an end. Historically, this knot double loop is tied in the middle of a rope, a weight (such
served as an improvised seat, the seated person shoving as a person) can be lowered or raised from two points,

Bowline on a Bight: Step 1 Bowline on a Bight: Step 2

KnOtS YOU need: BOat KnOtS

With the line doubled, form a loop in the line Take the double end up through the loop,
as if a basic bowline (see page 62) was being again as if a basic bowline was being tied.
tied.

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