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Uploaded by on Mar 27, 2008

The Double Bowline has the same strength as a figure eight knot but I like it better.

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  • Yeah, that's a "Double-Knotted Dutch Marine Bowline," which is exactly the one that I prefer. There are many who say that the Dutch Marine, a.k.a. Left-Hand, Bowline is somehow inferior to the regular--simply because the Ashley Book of Knots suggests that it MIGHT BE--but if you make your bowlines TIGHT, then there is absolutely no problem. And if you've got a figure-eight stopper on your working end that is flush to the bowline, you've got the best possible situation.

  • I agree.

    Thanks for the detailed comment.

    Vague comments like the one below, don't really help anyone.

  • By definition, it can be done on either side.

    The strength depending on sides has been hotly debated and never been proven either way, so it is really a matter of opinion.

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  • Now thats an instructional video!

  • the end of the rope should end on the inside of the knot. he made that last loop on the wrong side. it still works but isn't as strong.

  • gud gud! :)

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