Page 48 - Frank Rosenow "Seagoing Knots"

The Spilled-Hitch Bowline

There are times, coming into port, when you just barely get a chance to
pass a line through a ring and need to tie your bowline facing the shore
rather than the standing part of the line. You must then go from the flip-

over to the spilled-hitch bowline.
Pass the end through or around the object to which you want to make
fast. Then, as shown in the first drawing, take a hitch around the standing
part. Ease the standing part away from you with your left hand while put¬
ting a counterclockwise twist in the end with your right (second drawing).
With such persuasion, the hitch will spill over on the end as in the third
drawing.
The end is then passed behind the standing part (fourth drawing) and
snugged up as in the final view.

This version of the knot never attains the speed and elegance of the flip-
over but has a simple virtue in a tight spot, and can even be used when
there is a bit of strain on the standing part.

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