Video: How to Tie a Bowline for Sailing

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Learn how to tie a bowline knot for sailing with expert boating tips in this free video clip on sailing.

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Next knot we're going to tie is a bowline. The bowline is the most useful knot on a boat. Its used to create a loop. Create a loop. And now we're going to do the story. The story involves a rabbit which is the end of your line and a tree which is the long end. So take the rabbit, it goes through the hole around the tree, back through the hole, then grab the two lines that are the rabbit and grab the tree end and pull and you have a bowline. Long end on your palm. Create a loop. We're now using the story of the rabbit and the tree. The end of the line is the rabbit. The long end's the tree. The rabbit goes through the hole, around the tree, back through the hole, grab the two lines that were the part of the rabbit, grab the tree and pull and you have a bowline.

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How to Tie a Bowline for Sailing

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