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Step 1
Face a horizontal pole with the rope in front of you. Lay the working end over the pole and pull it from underneath so that it is to the right of the standing end. Pull the working end across the standing end.
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Step 2
Place the working end of the rope over the pole again and pull it back up from under the pole. Now slip the working end under the turn just made.
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Step 3
Push these two turns together to dress the boatman's knot. Tighten it by pulling on both ends in opposite directions at the same time.
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Step 4
Make a boatman's knot in the bight. This allows you to make the knot without using either end. Make a loop A so that the working end is on top of the standing end and exits the loop on the left. Make an identical loop B to the left of loop A and place loop A over loop B to create a single opening.
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Step 5
Slip the loops created in Step 4 over a pole. Dress and tighten the boatman's knot as previously described in Step 3.
