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French Bowline

Here is a "double-loop" Bowline
with a special advantage: When you
draw out one loop, it tightens the
other. This makes it useful as a dou-
ble sling. You can sit in one loop,
wrap the other around your chest and
let your friends hoist you high, wide
and handsome.
Start with a simple Overhand Knot
as in figure 1 . Then bring the end
over again, forming what is virtually a
fig. 1
Double Overhand (fig. 2). Now, run
the end up through the loop, carry it
around behind the standing part and
bring it down through the same loop,
in front (fig. 3).
Then, in a simple reversal of the
course, bring the rope end back along
its track. Tighten the knot thus
formed and the French Bowline is
complete (fig. 4). This knot is some-
times called the "Portuguese Bow-
line," but that name is also applied to
another double formation.

fig- 2

fig- 3

fig- 4