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Spanish Bowline

There are various ways of forming
this excellent Bowline featured by a
double loop. The method shown here
is one of the simplest.
Begin by doubling a bight under the
center of rope, crossing the ends and
forming two loops (fig. 1). Draw each
strand up through the loop to form
two extended bights as shown in fig-
ure 2.
fig. 1
Each bight must then be twisted in
an outward direction. This is easily
done by gripping them with the
thumb and forefinger of each hand TWIST BIGHTS OUTWARD
and turning them away from each
other. A half twist puts them in posi-
tion (fig. 3).
Now, take each side of the lower
loop. Draw these upward so they pass
over and then under the strands that
compose the upper loops, exactly as
shown by the arrows in figure 3.
Pull the center knot tight, retaining
the loops in their extended fashion.
This forms the two-looped Spanish
Bowline (fig. 4). Inverted, it is fig- 2
gripped by the ends, so that the loops
dangle and can be used for lifting
purposes.

fig- 4 fig. 3