The ship pitched forward and down, and the boy had to grab hold of the bowline to stay on his feet.
We practised rowing the inflatable dinghy, and learned a range of knots from a bowline to a double sheet bend.
When you have mastered belaying and bowlines, you will be hooked up with a climbing buddy.
Third, many admirable local councillors, with the best will in the world, just do not know port from starboard or a bowline from a clove hitch.
The sheet bend is related in structure to the bowline.
The rope is tied into the climber's harness with a figure-of-eight loop or double bowline knot.
A running bowline can be used to make a noose which draws tighter as tension is placed on the standing part of the rope.
