Knots that won’t come undone are good in some instances but not in others!
One of the most useful knots to know if you are into boating and four wheel driving is the bowline.
Now there are a number of variations on this knot and there’s no right or wrong way to tie it, but in the following video I show you how “I” tie it and some of it’s useful applications.
In short, one of the main advantages of the bowline is that you can make a loop…
And it can also be undone (with a bit of squeezing and twisting) no matter how tight it’s pulled.
So if you don’t know how to tie a bowline, grab yourself a bit of rope and give it a go.
It is pretty easy and you’ll be amazed at how many applications you can use it for… e.g. towing a car out of a bog, securing a boat to a pontoon, lassoing a wild brumby.
OK maybe not that last one but you get the idea.
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Barry
March 13, 2015Hi Ryan your comments about brumbies brought back many memories. I am 74 but from when I was 12 for a lot of years my uncle caught brumbies near the pinnacles which is above Rupertswood near the Alice River. We only feed these horses on grass and tethered them around the streets of Rosslea to eat the Guinea and swamp grass. All our horses were tethered using the bowline knot and even with a horse pulling and the rope wet from rain you could always undo the knot but the big thing was the safety of the horse as the knot never never slipped and tightened.
Enjoying your videos. Have fished with you a couple of times about 10 years ago and learnt so much such as why the barra had mainly empty bellies as against a Cod. You will probably remember your advice on this.
Regards
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