The ONE KNOT Every Boater MUST KNOW | Learn To Tie It Easy Then Fast
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- This video focuses on the bowline knot. It's an incredibly useful knot that won't slip no matter how much tension is applied, and yet can still be untied easily.
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How to Tie the Bowline One-Handed
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Thanks for teaching slow and fast versions
There is a much faster version. Not sure why he didn't show this......hmmm
Good video. One of the "big three" most important knots to know (imho)-this, the square knot, and the half hitch (or multiple hitches). The bowline is the knot to make a rescue loop as well, as it will not slip; for example, if someone has fallen in the water, or off an embankment. Thank you!
Thank you!!
OMG, out of all the videos for a bowline, this was the BEST example on how to make one!!! Thank you for this!!!!😀
I enjoyed teaching many young Scouts that knot. When creating the hole and tree, I found Scouts like the additional analogy that the Tree must grow out of the ground, not on top of the ground. This gets the loop in the correct direction. Great Videos!!!
Yoooo that's a great addition to the old mnemonic!
every Croatia sea coast man now it
Excellent. Thank you I have been a boater for many years and have always been “frightened “ of tying that knot, and always bought the ready spliced loop. Now I am sure I can do it, thanks again.
Wait till this afternoon when we post the one handed BowLine knot video! You'll look like a pro!
One of my favorites, having sailed for years. If you need a midline loop under high tension from both sides that holds fast but super easily undone saving your line, check out the alpine butterfly, amazing knot.
The Butterfly is one of those knots that make life so much easier.
absolutely agree, this is the most important knot for boaters. I practised and practised until I could perform the knot in any position without having to look. Practice whilst watching tv. Once you have found your way of tying the knot, you will never forget it.
That's good advice and those who are watching this video need to read this comment. Practice practice practice!
Yeap! Like riding a bicycle 😄
May years ago a friend showed me how to tie a bowline with one hand. The likely time for this is when your second hand can't let go of another task. The process was like, hold - twist - grab - shake it out. Love to see a video of it. Thanks.
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You forgot to show the most important part: how to "undo" the knot after it's been under huge tension for a longer period of time. This is, in my opinion, one of the most valuable features of this knot and also the reason why I use this for almost everything.
@NullbYte-gk5jq Don't need to use a marlin spike to untie a bowline (typically). The key is to turn the know over and "break" the knot - kind of like breaking bread - to loosen it. Hard to explain in words but as noted, it's arguably the best feature of the bowline because it's so easy to do regardless of the load it's been under.
Break the back.
Blah blah blah
@@MrBarrynicholas profound.
You cut it. The very best way is to knot is a double square knot and make it permanent. When you don't need it anymore you hack it off, throw the scrap rope on the ground. If you need it again, you double square knot it again. Works for all knots without fail. In 70 years I have never had a double square knot fail.
Best knot teacher! Done at first try, thank you.
Thank you for showing the fast way to tie a bowline knot. I discovered how to do this when I was in Boy Scouts and we had knot tying races. It makes the knot so much easier. I find the bowline to be extremely useful.
You're welcome!
Excellent! Well done video and instruction. You not only showed the movement but illustrated and explained the intricacies of this exercise. Thanks very much because despite several other videos, I was never confident or competent with this important and essential knot.
@@laurogarza4953 glad to help!
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Yes, "The ONE KNOT Every Boater MUST KNOW". ALSO, worth mentioning is a very close twin to that knot, "the figure eight with a bite", that will not work itself loose. Nice video.....
As a young boy my parents had a houseboat (shack on styrofoam) and a run about. Dad was in the Navy and was constantly showing a young, hyperactive, uninterested boy how to tie knots. Many (boring at the time) knots and splices where learned in the off time. Now later in life, I am so thankful he took the time and MADE me watch and tie his various methods. When I read your title, before even watching, I instantly thought of those days. First one that came to mind was the Bowline. So I of course had to watch just to see. lol Thanks for taking me back!
That's great! So glad to help you recall that awesome memory!
Got my first boat last may, a Yamaha FSH 190 sport. Learning boat knots with my sons has been fun. Even the wife has learned a thing or 2.
Its not glamorous but sure comes in handy when you're needing a good knot fast!
I suggest also learning the water bowline knot. The bowline can shake loose in today’s slippery lines if loaded/unloaded intermittently. Using a clove hitch instead of just the bite to form a bowline prevents this from happening. A nice evolution for those times you really want to be sure the knot is secure.
Most excellent video. Thank you for the "no strings attached" instructional video.
@@Capt.RonMcGovern-Wertz you're welcome! Thanks for the feedback!
I learned a way that I think is even faster. If you take the loop and turn it more and lay it up on the top part and pull some of that top part thru, you can just put the loose end in that opening and pull it and it all comes together fast. (You might find this version out there on YT somewhere)
He really did a good job for the beginner. I know how to tie the bowline a couple different ways and also without even looking at the rope. Learn the basic way first by doing it 100 times til it gets boring. I like to pretend people are watching me tie it and it puts a little pressure on me. Also pay attention to the 9’s and P’s and what part of the rope is on top. You learn that by repetition hundreds of times and then and only then can you get on comments and act like a know it all even though it’s still rude because it’s a beginner video. I personally liked the video.
Thanks for the video - the "granny" knot you used to lock the bowline is a half hitch.
When I started my construction apprenticeship, I was given a book on rigging. I was told to go and buy myself a length of rope and learn how to tie knots. I was also informed that if asked I better be able to tie whichever knot it was. That was 50 years ago, and I still know the inside bowline, outside bowline, square, Carrick bend clove hitch... a good knot is one that you can tie, holds and you can untie.
The irony here is that the clove hitch doesn't hold 😅
Never understood why that's even taught anymore. It should only serve as a "step 1" to better knots like the spar hitch.
Looked at several videos on this to teach kids in our sailing class. I think this is the best.
BTW, that “granny” is called a “half hitch”.
I'm glad to hear that this video helped you.
Very good lesson on making a bowline. 5:51
thanks, this is a knot i've learned before, but forgot it. the quick way actually makes more sense to me and is easier to understand
1:48 Perfect Practice makes Perfect. If one does a wrong practice, it will go further and further from perfection ...
Good video, thank you for your time.
Great knot! That second, fast method is how I learned to tie it. That "wrap" in the second method is a simple overhand knot, then give a slight pull on the working end and voila, there's your loop, then around the standing part, back down through the loop, and it's done in 2 seconds.
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Super helpful for a complete novice on the water. :)
Thanks for sharing captain.
You're welcome!
Very good illustration and instructions.
Thank you!
Good clear instruction. Well done
@@John-oz1do thanks!
nicely made video. Thanks for having a good contrast background (white rope with black background).
thank you
You're welcome!
I worked in dredging for many, many years. The bowline is simply the best knot and everyone is expected to know how to make one. You can apply a lot of tension on one and it easily unties.
That's why the video thumbnail says "BEST KNOT". I hear comments like yours so often that I feel like the term is true.
Very well explained. Thanks!
A long time ago when I was still a teen I was in a diving club and training for my scuba certificates. We also learned to tie that knot while in the water very fast when you get a rope end thrown toward you for a rescue or something. Even can do that with one hand (two is more easy)while the other hand holds a person that is unconcious or something. The trick is to get the rope behind your back so you are in the u_shape of the rope (or behind the victims back so the rope passes between the two of you). The one hand holds the end and you try to have the long part that is leading to the shore /boat/ helicopter or what ever leading away from you to the side you face. now with that hand with rope end go over the other long line, come back with your hand under the line while you twist your hand. this makes the loop (rabbit hole) in the long end) now get the short line end behind the part of the long part of the rope that is "the tree" and with your fingers you push it behind the "tree"and at the same moment you get the short end with those same fingers via the front of "the tree". So the line makes a u-turn around "the tree" while you hand it over to yourself in the same hand (needs some practice but is not very hard) and now you pull the hand back so the loop (rabbithole) will slide over your hand and closes the knot. ones you had some practice you can do it within 2 seconds single handed
Very cool!!
Only thing I’ve ever used it for is people - unless I’ve had the luxury of a basket. Cleat hitches are for docking. They don’t undo themselves and don’t require and additional hitch to allow them to be slacked or tight. Another benefit is you don’t have lines messed all over the place you just have an orderly cleat.
I feel like in the time it took you to write this, you could have recorded and uploaded a video 😂
@@samhain9394 Haha, yes you are right. It is an "issue" I have. I am very good in going in for a quick comment and loose myself in a pretty long story.
Agree, too bad comments do not allow for videos that I am sure you could provide. I teach it your way: real life situation, standing end on the boat, working end around person in the water as much a one handed operation as possible.
Great use of mnemonics. Best techniques for knot tying.
Awesome camera work! Attention to detail 😎
The bowline knot. Just 1 of the things I learned in the Boy Scouts.
Also the only knot I learned at the 1 BS class I went to. However,we learned to do it with one hand, around our body.
@@dongies5834 Yes, because you just might be in a helluva situation and actually need that knot so that your story can continue.
@@dongies5834 Yes, because you just might be in a helluva situation and actually need that knot so that your story can continue.
The only knot taught to me as a royal navy ships diver. Was used to secure the diver to his safety line and the surface tender diver
Great tutorial on the bowline knot.
Thank-yuu
Thank you very much. After 50 years I finally know how to tie it !!
It helped me alot to alow it down and break it down into small elements. You're welcome!
One of the most useful knots there ever was.... It is all but impossible not to easily undo the knot. Can't think of anytime I've not been unable to untie it. Bigger the rope, easier it works.
My next two most used knot is the rolling clove hitch and the truckers hitch.
Good video. Slow, methodical, easy to follow!
That's how I learn
I've tried so many different snips but I've not found one yet that will last...that I can afford. These are $40. I can swing that. Thanks for the recommendation!
That is a good show, I love the rabbit, safe boating.
Great content, presentation, and video quality!
Thank you!!
will it be useful on a pickup truck to tie stuff
You made this so easy! I sail, and it's so embarrassing I haven't been able to tie this knot!
It's so critical. We're getting ready to teach it again, this time showing how to tie it quick.
Thank you, your instruction made it very easy. I'm going to practice this more.
Awesome, glad to help!!
Excellent lesson!! Thank you.
You're welcome
Great tutorial
Thank you! I hope it was helpful for you!
Thank you very much for your easy way of teaching the bowline knot. God bless you.
Very good video!
In Boy Scouts in England (1060s) we learned the Bowline and then had to do it hanging from a wooden beam in the scout hut with one hand and tying the knot around your waist with the other hand.
That sounds really challenging!
New to this. Thank you. Will practice a ton
@TheCasu305 good deal! Thanks!
Thank you for saving my sanity!!!
That's the only one I need thanks you bud
You're welcome
Is the knot adjustable after you have it tied or would you have to undo and readjust?
@TheJeffrose1981 no you have to untie and retie
great teaching, outstanding!
The very best way is to knot is a double square knot and make it permanent. When you don't need it anymore you hack it off, throw the scrap rope on the ground. If you need it again, you double square knot it again. Works for all knots without fail. In 70 years I have never had a double square knot fail..
Great video thanks
Great explanation, Thank you!
You're welcome
When I have someone one the boat while docking I generally tell them the procedure long before we get to the dock. If I'm having them get off the boat carrying the bow line I always give them the loop end of the line because it's likely they won't know what to do with the straight end.
Thanks, very good instruction
You're very welcome!
Love the piling simulation. :)
A Bowline knot if allowed to flog can loosen and become untied. This has happened to me a couple times when using a bowline to tie on my jib sheets. I now throw a half hitch on to the loop with the extra bitter end to resolve this problem.
Yes.
The keeper knot or a long tail on a bowline on the jib sheet or it can untie itself.
so useful. thanks . i will try it like you said.
Good deal! Thanks for reaching out!
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Cool thank you their skippy. 😊
Excellent vid!
Well explained!
Great video. Great instructions
Thank you!
Hell ya. Best by far the only know you only need, bowline on the bite is equally important.
That's "bight", and I would avoid it. Or, be very careful not to tension both standing parts, especially in different directions. See the Alpine Butterfly, superior to the Bowline, and easy to untie, the Inline Figure 8, and the Figure 8 on a Bight, all which are tied on the bight.
I visualize it better by running it through the eye of the thing I'm tying it to not just making a loop on flat surface
I like the figure 8 on a bight better for making loops and almost any knot
Hoped you were going to show the one handed method.
Does it matter which direction the rabbit goes around the tree i find it worked in both directions.
Clockwise and anti clockwise.
Not sure, try it and let me know.
@@JetBoatPilot yer works perfectly
I sometimes had trouble with the rabbit method - maybe i did'nt have the P right.
There is another method that i use & it doesn't have anything to do with a rabbit.
The only difference in the final knot is the loose end ends up.on the outside instead of inside the loop.
First create a loop.
Second create a second loop & push it through the first loop.
Third take the free end & pass it thru the second loop.
Fourth pull second loop end attached to the main line - to pull knot to be encompassed by first loop - watch as doing to see it is forming correctly & pull tight.
I.know there are other videos that show this method & you might want to check out?
Thank you great vid
Once you practice the faster method, It all becomes muscle memory, then it's like riding a bike. You never forget how. Put about 8-10 inches of rope hanging out of your right hand and "whip" it over the part you're holding in the left hand so it comes back up through the hole. Then with your left hand just roll "the rabbit hole" right over the bitter end. It's a lot easier to do then explain, but once you get the rhythm you'll always remember ir.
Excellent!
I would also add that where you make the "P" determines how big the loop will be.
Thanks sir❤
Thank you supper helpful
I appreciate your video.
Thanks!
thanks mate ...great
@@wishartservices2065 you're welcome
very nice, but how do you get it undone later?
That's the beauty of the bowline, its easy to untie even after its been under an extreme load.
Same “ditty” Boy Scouts taught me. Rabbit comes out of the hole. Goes around the tree. Back in the hole.
Thx for the help!
Lots of easy ways to tie a bowline also there are different bowlines.
Thank you!
I've been messing around with boats for over 40 years now but I have never ever seen a bowline come loose by itself unless the end was kept ridiculously short.
It is rare but in UA-cam land you have to mention the possibility. Otherwise you get notified really quick by the experts that you missed that detail.
It can loosen if not under constant tension.
@@Rudy32225 No, not likely.
Thank u
Boe Lynn is the correct pronounciation.. anyway great vid, and very important info..
thanks bro
@@viagron1 you're welcome
I just picked up my 252sd. What knot should I use to connect a tube to the hook on back.
If your toe rope does not have a loop already tied this knot is a great loop knot
lol finally a video that explain it slow enough to follow !!! lol I must be knot dylestic or something..
Lol me too
Basically I teach how to wrap the rope around you for the loop and finish tying with one hand to facilitate a rescue if you need it such as in a river.
The bowline knot is also known as a "rescue knot" - used to pull someone up to safety.