Basic Seamanship: Bowline Knots

Hello my dear friends and readers!

Today I will show you how to make a bowline knot !

But what is the purpose of a bowline knot?

The bowline simple knot used to form a fixed loop at the end of a rope.
It has the virtues of being both easy to tie and it is easy to untie after being subjected to a load.
It is one of the four basic maritime knots, the other three are figure-eight knot, reef knot and clove hitch witch I will show you in a different post.

Let us start with a normal bowline knot:

The bowline is tied by forming a loop in the standing part and passing the end through this loop, around the standing part above it and then back through the loop .

This is how a bowline on a object looks like :

Now I will show you how to make a water bowline .
The purpose of a water bowline is to create a more stable and strong knot that will not get stuck after being soaked into water like some other common knots.

To make a water bowline is simple , just start making a normal bowline and then just add a second small loop, through which the end of the rope is passed to add more security to the bowline.

And that was it for today! Thanks for reading my small article and I invite you to a future post were I will share my life experiences with you! Cynetyc Out!