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    Bowline On A Bight: Bowline On A Bight 1

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    The document describes how to tie a bowline on a bight knot. It is a double loop knot that can be tied anywhere along a rope and used as a nonslip loop, for rescue work, or to tighten loads. The summary outlines the steps to make an overhand loop with a bight and pass the running part through it to form the knot.

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    Bowline On A Bight: Bowline On A Bight 1

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    The document describes how to tie a bowline on a bight knot. It is a double loop knot that can be tied anywhere along a rope and used as a nonslip loop, for rescue work, or to tighten loads. The summary outlines the steps to make an overhand loop with a bight and pass the running part through it to form the knot.

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    The document describes how to tie a bowline on a bight knot. It is a double loop knot that can be tied anywhere along a rope and used as a nonslip loop, for rescue work, or to tighten loads. The summary outlines the steps to make an overhand loop with a bight and pass the running part through it to form the knot.

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    Bowline On A Bight: Bowline On A Bight 1

    Uploaded by

    Janne Fredrik
    The document describes how to tie a bowline on a bight knot. It is a double loop knot that can be tied anywhere along a rope and used as a nonslip loop, for rescue work, or to tighten loads. The summary outlines the steps to make an overhand loop with a bight and pass the running part through it to form the knot.

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    1999, Gerald L.

    Findley

    ROPE WORKS + T

    BOWLINE ON A BIGHT:

    + + BOWLINE ON A BIGHT 1.
    bight standing part running part

    2.

    overhand loop eye

    Description ---- A double loop bowline Tied by interlocking a doubled half hitch and a bight. Use ---- As a nonslip double loop; as a loop any where along the length of a rope; as secure loop for rescue work; as the start of a life basket harness; as a emergency boatswain chair. Comments ---- The bowline on a bight is a secure double loop that can be tied anywhere along the length of a rope. Several can be used as a "dead eyes" for tightening a rope when securing a load or guy line. Narration ---- (For bowline on a bight knotboard.) (1) Take a bight in the rope. (2) Using the bight as the running part, make a double strand overhand loop. (3) Take the running part under the overhand loop. This forms a double strand bight that will become the eye of the knot. (4) Reeve the running part through the eye of the overhand loop. (5) Spread the eye of the running part (bight). (6) Pull the running part (bight) through the overhand loop

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    eye

    bight

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    5.
    eye

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    1999, Gerald L. Findley

    ROPE WORKS + T

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    until you can enlarge it enough (7) to pass it over the double strand bight. (8) When the eye of the running part (bight) is around the standing part, (9) Grasp the double loop bight and the standing part and pull the knot tight.

    [NOTES] 7.

    8.

    9.
    pull tight <--------

    pull tight ------->

    (back)

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