I'm seriously jealous. Took me 54 years to learn how. Getting to be a lost
art in my workplace though along with splicing etc. We don't do wire
splices anymore at all. Hard to find younger deck crew who really learned
the knots and how to splice. It's a constant teaching chore. Seriously you
can tell who sails 'sails' and who sails steam and diesel by watching how
they handle lines. The 'real' sailors shine and the others stick out like a
sore thumb.

M.

"Capt. Mooron" wrote in message
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Well I'm not a pinnacle of marlinspike seamanship... but Old Capt. Haines
taught me the single hand bowline... told me it would be one of the most
useful skills in knots to master. He was right.
[What you refer to as the Tugboat Bowline]

I've taught my crew and even my 6 year old niece can tie one now.

CM




"Michael" wrote in message
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| There are two types of single hand bowlines. One is when you pass the
line
| behind you when, say, mountain climbing and tie it off with the strong
hand
| only. In this case the line is fairly supported. The other is the
tugboat
| bowline which is a marvel of flipping the running end in a magical
motion
| that results in a bowline. People who can do the tugboat bowline are
the
| pinnacle of knottists. But now name all the types of bowlines and don't
| forget. hint hint the Dragon Bowline.
|
| M.
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| "Capt. Mooron" wrote in message
| ...
| A single-hand bowline....
|
| CM
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| "Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message
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| | Which one is most appropriate for the situation?
| |
| | Value = 1 pointy thing
| |
| | In article ,
| | Bart Senior wrote:
| | LP is telling us she likes to be tied up. Gentlemen practice
| | your knots!
| |
| | --
| | Jonathan Ganz (j gan z @ $ail no w.c=o=m)
| | http://www.sailnow.com
| | "If there's no wind, row."
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