Universally
used to make a non-slipping loop in a rope
(i.e., for mooring lines over
piles and bollards, securing a line to an anchor, making a line fast to a
ring, shackle, etc.). Two interconnected bowlines make a very strong and
sure method of joining two ropes. A bowline is very strong, will not slip
yet is easy to untie.
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