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Boating Knots: Loops

the basic bowline or the bowline on a bight.
A stopper knot in the working end also adds
security. You may see this knot, as with other
variations of the bowline, being used by
campers and climbers.

XXne: Step 4
Double Bow XXline: Step 3 Double Bowli

Bring the working end up Bring the working end down
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through both loops and in back through both loops and tighten
of the standing part as if tying a the knot. As with the basic
basic bowline. bowline, a stopper knot in the
working end adds even more
security.

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