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CHAPTER 12: DOUBLE- AND MULTIPLE-LOOP

KNOTS

Nor aine skild in Loupes of fingrinli fine,

Might in their divers cunning ever dare

With this so curious Networke to compare.

EDMUND SPENSER

There are only two well-known DOUBLE Loops, and both of these \0 71

are tied in the bight. They are the BOWLINE on the bight and the

SPANISH BOWLINE.

1068. The DOUBLE BOWSTRING KNOT is a DOUBLE Loop tied in the

end of a bowstring. Start with KNOT 'If: I024, and tuck the end

through the knot a second time as shown. It does not appear to be

any improvement over the single knot.

1069. A FORKED Loop. A SINGLE HITCH is made and thrust half-

way through the initial OVERHAND KNOT.

1070. The DOUBLE ANGLER'S Loop is the same knot form as the

SINGLE ANGLER's Loop ('If: IO 17 ), except that two turns instead of

one are taken around the fingers, and both of these are thrust

through the initial end loop.

1071. A FORKED Loop similar to the foregoing is started with

NOOSE KNOT 'If: 1 1 14, and a long working end. Two drawings of the

finished aspect of this knot are given.

1072. The PORTUGUESE BOWLINE is tied in the end of a rope. Al-

though a sailor's knot, it appears to be little known among English-

speaking seamen. I first saw it used as an ANCHOR BEND by the

quahog boats of the "Portuguese Navy Yard" in New Bedford. 1013

Felix Riesenberg mentions it in Under Sail (1915) and describes it in

Standard Seamanship (1922) under the name "FRENCH BOWLINE."

He points out that the knot makes an excellent emergency boat-

swain's chair. A man may sit in one loop, while the other loop pro-

vides a back to his chair. Bandeira gives a drawing of the knot in

Tratado de Apparelho do Navio (Lisbon, 1896). After making a

round turn with the left hand, the knot is tied in much the same

way as the ordinary BOWLINE.

1073. This has the same knot formation as the foregoing, but the

loops are splayed, instead of being parallel to each other.

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