<?xml version="1.0"?> <img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2010/09/bowline_cover.jpg"><h2>How to tie a bowline</h2>This non-slipping loop has many uses. You can even use a bowline to attach painters to dinghies or lash items down. Its main drawback is that you cannot release it under tension. Heres how you tie it.<br><br><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2010/09/bowline_2_a.jpg"><h2>How to tie a bowline- Step 1</h2>Make a loop in the rope with your left hand...<br><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2010/09/bowline_2_b.jpg"><h2>How to tie a bowline - Step 2</h2>Pass the working end through the loop but dont pull it all the way through.<br><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2010/09/bowline_2_c.jpg"><h2>How to tie a bowline - Step 3</h2>Pass the working end behind the top part of rope...<br><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2010/09/bowline_2_d.jpg"><h2>How to tie a bowline - Step 4</h2>...and then tuck it back down through the loop.<br><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2010/09/bowline_2_e.jpg"><h2>How to tie a bowline - Step 5</h2>Holding the working end against the loop, pull down to tighten. Done!<br><br><a href="http://marinedirectory.ybw.com/reprints/results_related.jsp?tem=ybw&id=53220">Buy the full colour knot guide from our online archive</a><br><br>
