Bowline

The bowline is among the most commonly used knots on a sailboat. With it, you can tie a line (rope) in a loop around anything else to anchor the line.

bowline a simple, strong, slip-proof essential boating knot used to make a loop in a line and that's easily untied; rhymes with rollin' Search results: Click on the word(s) below to view the definition.

Bowline on a Bight: This knot is used to make a pair of fixed loops in the middle or at the end of a line. This is a strong knot and can be used in overboard rescue, towing and in a pinch, even to make a bowswain's chair to be used to ascend the mast.

Bowline {Bolina} Lines leading fore from the upper sides of the square sail to help widen the sail surface to better catch the wind.

Bowline knot Shroud Knot Most of the copy and pictures on this page came from a very early edition of the The Art of Rigging we have not taken the time to proof where the commuter has misread the type.

Bowline A knot tied to make a loop that will neither slip or jam, and that can be undone after it has been subjected to tension. Carrying forks ...

Bowline Bowsprit Spar in bow of ship pointing forwards, carries the jib, and flying jib. Also carries the spritsail.

Bowline- A knot that forms a loop at the end of a rope. Bowspirit- A spar, projecting from the bow, to which the jib stays are attached. Bring about- To come around, to reverse direction.

Bowline KnotA knot used to form a temporary loop in the end of a line. BowspritA spar extending forward from the bow.

Bowline Knot The bowline knot is used to tie a temporary loop in the end of a rope that will not tighten. It can be easily untied even if placed under extreme tension. Clove Hitch ...

bowline - A knot used to make a loop in a line. Easily untied, it is simple and strong. The bowline is used to tie sheets to sails.

Bowline - Knot used to form a temporary loop in a line Bow Line - A docking line leading from the bow. Bowsprit - A short spar extending forward from the bow. Normally used to anchor the forestay.

Bowline A line used when close hauled for steadying the weather leach of the lower square sails. Bowse ...

bowline A knot used to make a loop in a line; it is simple, strong and virtually slip-proof. bowsprit A fixed spar; useful for anchor handling; spar projecting from the bow, to which forestay(s) or the headstay are fastened.

Bowline: Known as the "King of Knots", the bowline is a quick, strong method for making a loop, called an "eye" in a line. The bowline never slips or jams.

BOWLINE ON A BIGHT To make it, double the rope and take the doubled end (1) in the right hand, the standing part (2) of the rope in the left hand. Lay the end over the standing part, and by turning the left wrist form a loop (3) having the end inside.

Rig bowlines and sternlines, pass bowline through the fairlead and aft outboard of the stays. Rig fenders on anticipated side. The command is: "Rig fenders for starboard-side-to", or "port-side-to".

Running Bowline A type of knot that tightens under load. It is formed by running the standing line through the loop formed in a regular bowline. Running Fix ...

A knot, usually a bowline, is tied to a grommet provided for the purpose in the clew of the sail, then fed directly to the cleat.

Bowline - A knot use to form an eye or loop at the end of a rope. A knot with many uses, it is simple and strong, its loop will not slip, and it is easily untied after being exposed to a strain. also see Running Bowline.

The best knot to use when tying up is a bowline. It will hold tight without slipping but is very easy to undo. The bowline has plenty of other uses around the boat.

The King of All Knots: The Bowline If you had to know only one knot, that would be the one. Very strong and secure: the more you pull on it, the tighter it gets. Yet, very easy to untie.

Malta and Gibraltar, each in charge of an admiralsuperintendent, and at Sheerness and Pembroke in charge of a captain-superintendent, together with establishments at Ascension, Bermuda, Simons Town (Cape of Good Hope), Queenstown (Haulbowline); ...

The jib sheets (the lines that adjust the jib in and out) are now attached to the clew with either a fastening (if provided) or better, a bowline and led through their proper "leads" (blocks, or pulleys, that adjust the trim angle of the jib), ...

Bowline: A knot use to form an eye or loop at the end of a rope. Bowsprit: A spar that extends from the bow. Braces: On square rigged ships, lines attached to the ends of each yard used to pivot (brace) the yards to trim the sails.

Bowline: Mooring rope that is attached to the bow Breast rope: The mooring rope or anchor warp that is used on yachts and cruisers Bridge: A rather widely used term for the place from which a boat is commanded ...

Bowline - A knot use to form an eye or loop at the end of a rope. Bowsprit: - a long spar attached to the Jibboom in the bow; used to secure head sails.

bosun's chair A seat of canvas or wood in which a crew member working aloft is suspended bow The forward, front end of a boat bowline The second most useful know, next to a square knot, that will not slip, yet is easier to untie bowsprit 1.

Many nautical terms are pronounced with a West Country accent (many of Britain's first sailors came from Devon and Cornwall) such as bowline pronounced bo'lin, gunwale pronounced gunnel, forward pronounced forrud and main sail pronounced mains'l.

See also: Running, Rope, Deck, Sailing, Knot