| Running bowline | |
|---|---|
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| Category | Running |
| Origin | Ancient |
| Related | Bowline,noose |
| Releasing | Non-jamming |
| Typical use | Fishing out floating objects that have fallen overboard. Tightening the squaresail to the yard in high winds. |
| Caveat | None. |
| ABoK | #1117, #2071 |
Therunning bowline is aknot consisting of abowline looped around its ownstanding end to create anoose.
The running bowline is strong and secure. It slides easily and can be undone just as simply.
1117. TheRUNNING BOWLINE KNOT is referred to by name, inA Four Years' Voyage by G. Roberts (1726), as the "RUNNING BOWLING KNOT." It is the knot universally used at sea when aNOOSEis called for. According to an old nautical authority it "is used for throwing over anything out of reach, or anything under water." Any lumber that has dropped overboard or any rigging that has gone adrift is recovered by its means.[1]
Tie abowline in the end of a line with a small loop, and by appearance one then passes the standing part through the loop to form the noose. However, this method of forming the noose is practicable only for a short piece of line. Alternatively, one can tie the bowline tied directly around the standing part or, having tied the bowline first, one would form a bight in the standing part and pull it through the loop of the bowline.
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