Best way to tie a bowline knot for sailing with troubleshooting & variations
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- čas přidán 2. 06. 2024
- For sailing newbies! Learn, step by step how to tie a bowline for sailing.
If you're just starting out with sailing you will absolutely need to learn this knot.
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This video is my spin on the best way to learn and practice this knot. Complete with troubleshooting guides and some more advanced variations.
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Have have not been able to tie a bowline all my life. Now I can. No more rabbits. Thank you!
I was so excited when the guy teaching me sailing said we'd be using a bowline. I was like, "Yeah, I already know how to tie one!" Nope, not like that I didn't. Thanks for the explainer!
No more rabbits! Totally agree with everybody - the best explanation ever. It actually makes sense while I’m doing it.
The meat is at 3:50 to 4:22. Good video, lots of explanation about the mechanics of the knot and troubleshooting. Helped me quite a bit thanks!
I wish people wouldn't afraid to teach others the "hangman's" knot, it's WAAAAY easier than this and almost no chances to mess it up, it's also more practical than the bowline. I'm trying to remember how to tie a bowline, but after some years pass without tying it, I forget how to do it properly. I was taught how to tie the hangman knot more than 20 years ago in the sailors class, and I can tie it first try no matter how many years passed since i last tied it.
Single best bowline instruction I've seen. The observation of having a practical orientation when learning this not is so key. A great video! Nice work.
Just want to tell you that no one on you tube teaches the bow line better than you. I always come back to your vid. Be Blessed and thank you.
Best explanation of this knot I've seen out of at least a half dozen videos
Great, you have cleverly showed all the mistakes I did myself at one point or another, and helped me get this bowline consistently right from now on!!!!
Ryan you give so many good tips, People who do knot videos on CZcams tend to way "overthink" this simple knot. The best locking variation, 15:30 in my opinion comes from the Rock climbers community, it is actually called the Scott's locking bowline... the "over under over" of the tag end? Excellent video! Probably the very best advice you can give is just
"Pick one method" and learn it very very well.. Since the bowline is considered a Life Saving knot in the case of a man overboard situation, you cannot afford to be fiddling around trying to remember how to tie it correctly when seconds count.. So Again thank you I really appreciate your video with the "trouble shooting"..
i would say, especially for sailors, you should practice tying this knot in a clock wise and counter clock wise way. As well as using your right hand dominant and left hand dominant. Sometimes variables do not allow you to tie a knot the way you built muscle memory for. For example, if your standing line is running away from you vs. toward you (like in your video)
DUDE!! Yours is the 5th video I watched to learn this, and you make it so simple! Great job, and thanks so much!
Best demonstration on the internet on how to tie a bowline. Great job!
yep i have been doing this all wrong... this video is making it so easy now... thank you so much...
Finally someone teaching it the right way.
Great tutorial. Hello from Las Vegas USA.
Of all the tutorials of the bowline knot offered yours was the one that I could follow and learn from. Thank you for simplifying this procedure for a novice like me.
I used to struggle with tying a bowline around an object back in the day (when I was in a situation that required me to tie it away from myself) but figured it out on my own. Thank you very much for making a video on it & explaining! Blows my mind how more people don’t touch up on this, because it can definitely be confusing. If you can remember that it has to be an underhand loop instead of an overhand, & the loop has to be on the inside (facing towards the tail) you’ll never be confused again! FYI: You can use the overhand loop when tying the Slipknot/snap method, but I’d stick with the underhand for muscle memory, because it can look funky if you are used to throwing your rope around in only one direction. (Clockwise or counter)
best tutorial on sailing bow knot EVER
Thank you thank you thank you!!!!!! I looked all over for this perspective!!!!!
I've viewed at least a dozen videos. This is the excellent! Thank you, Ryan.
This is the best instruction for the bowline knot, for a newbie like me. I have looked at videos and asked an ex military man physically show me how to do it at a picnic. I practiced it several times, but like Ryan said it was demonstrated backwards in a hypothetical example, so when it came time for me to use it, I couldn’t do it. I know it’s partially my fault, because I’ve never had a chance to use it. So your instructions were awesome. There were some comments that said it took over 19 minutes for this knot, but this video was perfect for newbies like me, (actually the first knot took under 2 minutes), thanks Ryan, good job!
Thanks for FINALLY explaining to many, that there is a 'left-handed' bowline knot! I learned to tie my bowlines like that years ago, in the military, for one SIMPLE reason...when using hemp ropes, if you tie with the 'tail' to the inside of the bite, OFTEN, the load will rub against the tail until it UNTIES YOUR BOWLINE!!! If you tie a 'left-handed' bowline (7:50), this puts the tail to the outside of the burden bite, and as a result, YOU WILL NOT HAVE A LOOSENED bowline! You also don't have to remember 30-knots to do work, being as with the left-handed bowline, you only really need 5-total knots to do ALL general work (Reef, Bowline, butterfly, figure-8, sheet)...oh, yeah, and a trucker's hitch (I really consider that a 'rigging' more than a simple knot, though.
THANK YOU. I watched many youtube videos about the bowline and they were all framed the opposite way. When I actually went out kayaking last weekend, I went to tie my boat around a tree and froze because the angle was all wrong. This video is what I wish I found before my kayaking trip.
Best instructions along with cautions about bowline. Excellent job...thank you!
That is the clearest explanation I have ever seen, never could see what rabbits and trees had to do with it. Those sort of mnemonics I always find confusing, might as well just remember the thing itself. The slip knot method just makes it so fast and easy - and I'am left handed so always have to correct the explanations!
Thanks ...the easiest way I've found. I just pulled a bite through, to make it quick release 👍
I agree. After watching other videos this is the best clearest, easiest video to follow. Thanks.
Excellent, clear demonstration with explanation and repetition. Thank you very much.
more than 60 years fooling around with ropes from cub scouts to sailing ship master.. and this is The Single Best Explanation and Demonstration I have ever seen ! Most of what passes for instruction on knots and rope works is fiendish torture.
Thanks. I learned the rabbit comes out of the hole method, but always got flumixed when it came time to tie a bowline in real life on a sailboat. This looks like a much more practical method of doing it.
I have watched a few other videos and this one is the beat and simplest one thank you
Thanks for this video! I had watched several others and just got confused. In your video, you were actually tying to something, that made all the difference in my understanding! I've got it now! Thanks again!
Thank you for making the Bowline simple!
The best explanation of a bowline. I forgot every other illustration but this one is unforgettable.
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Thanks Ryan much the best explanation and demonstration of the bowline😀😀😀
This is the best lesson I've ever seen on tying a bowline... I can do them with my eyes closed now, literally. I learned with the step by step methods, the rabbit thing, from sailors -- it never stuck... But the clockwise concept totally clicked and muscle memory seems to work much better than 'steps'... thanks!
very helpful information! I really like your troubleshooting section. Thank You!
Thanks wife and I and starting Asa 101 and love your videos we want to be like you when we grown up...
This is the best instructional video I've seen on this knot. Thanks
So you did the rabbit out of the hole, round the tree and back down the hole, you just didn't use those words. As for doing it round an object, such as the carabiner used here, I had figured out that this made it easier, or at least eliminated the possibility of doing it wrong, just prior to watching this video. The one difference is that I prefer to make the loop before feeding the running end around/through the object, for some reason it seems more intuitive to me, but the outcome is still the same.
Anyway, well done on producing a video with nice, clear instructions and not letting your hands block the view of what you're doing, unlike some of the others.
Best demo ever! Thank you!
If you listen, you can't fail!
I've watched so many videos on how to tie this, and I only got it first try with yours. Thank you!
Finally! A practical guide to making a Bowline. I struggle with this in videos that don't show what the heck you use it for. Thank you very much Ryan!
Cool! Glad it could help!
Glad you taught it with the loop away and standing line toward you. That’s the ost common orientation.
Brilliant! Thank you so much! Completely agree that usually it is taught and illustrated from the "wrong" angle, so you dont get to learn the way you actually need to use it!
Especially like your comment about "muscle memory", never heard that before, but so right on! Thank you for your time to do these videos, you may have saved or will save a life some day because of them.
Very instructive video. Best bowline instructions I've found by far. Thanks!
I’ve watch videos on this knot and as simple as it is this is the best video I’ve watch and more important the penny has dropped I’ve learnt something. Thanks
As a new sailor and learning the necessary knots, your instruction on the bowline was by far and no doubt the best! I appreciate your help so much. I really dislike that old rabbit and tree version you mentioned too 😂 fair winds!
Don’t watch after 4:50 or you will get screwed up. Thank you Ryan. Think I got it finally after drawing 3 or 4 times.
Finally! I’ve learned to tie the bowline
Now THAT is how a working knot should be tied... and taught. Thanks.
the slip knot version is the best thing ever. cant wait to show it to the rope techs!
Thank you so much. Best video I found about the "one hand bowline' and the Alex version. Thanks again.
Great video, I especially like that it's done from the point of the one tying the knot, it makes it much easier to follow. Keep up the great work.
I found my new favorite knot for tying the bitter end of an anchor or eye of a tender line, the weaved (Alex) knot! Excellent video!!!
A better demonstration than some out there which for some reason have them being tied with the resulting knot’s bight being towards the body. You’re not really going to be doing that in real life very often. Also a good explanation of some of the variations plus what can go wrong and why.
I like the way you describe and help old newbees with the Bowline
Thanks for the teaching. The best part of the video is highlighting what goes wrong, and now i understand the stuff i made wrong when tie a bowline
The best explanation by far!!!!!. Thanks for taking the time to create the video!
One of the most important knots in sailing. It might save you, your friends or even the boat when things go haywire. It can be done in many ways, as seen in this video, and you should pratice them all. Clockwise, counterclockwise, facing you, facing away from you and onehanded (useful if you damage and arm, or if you have to use one warm to hold fast on deck while securing a sheet, halyard, preventer or whatever. Also practice tying around yourself. Very handy if you fall overboard and only get tossed a straight rope. Get them all in to muscle memory. Practice while watching tv, sitting on the bus, during down time on shifts, and in the dark/blindfolded (I have practiced by taking cold showers in the dark with shampoo in my eyes ;) . As mentioned, it's an lifesaver when shit hits the fan, lights are out and waves are throwing you all over the place.
Try the midshipmans hitch for an overboard situation. Locks of tension and requires no slack for a loop.
Ryan. Best example of how to learn this knot I have ever seen !! Thanks.
The bowline shown at 6:15 is an eskimo bowline. It's better than a regular bowline if you intend to crossload the fixed loop.
Best bowline video I've seen. Thanks
LOVE this video! So thorough, Thanks Ryan, and such a beautiful hand model!! LOL keep it up.
I really like the Alpine bowline when I need a secure bowline. I’ve been known to even secure the running end of my alpine bowlines with a double overhand, but us climbers are a bit paranoid like that. Never seen the Alex-knot version until this video, however. I like it! Thanks for sharing; great vid.
I am an instructor in a different skill but it is a hand eye skill. We do not demonstrate the wrong thing to do to novices as it has a tendency to mentally imprint and creates confusion. After viewing your video I wasn't sure what correct knot I was trying to tie. Always use positive muscle memory until the student is proficient and then address possible mistakes after they have a firm grasp of the fundamentals. Good video production value and I do like your voice inflections and motivation.
This is the best education I have ever seen on tying a bow line - I think I understand it now; and if you can teach me, then you are good!
lol. thanks!
THANK YOU! I learned the slip know version and for me it is so easy. But I never had seen anyone else do it that way. A very well done video!
Been working on my basic seamanship lately and found your video really helpful since I'm not usually having to tie knots with the line leading away from me like in most tutorials. Thanks for pointing out the various ways to get this knot wrong. I followed along with some 550 cord and now I feel like I can make correct bowlines in my sleep :)
best explanation of any knot i´ve seen so far!
Great video! Thanks for the sailing specific take on learning how to tie the bowline. I had seen other videos with the rabbit and tree, but I could never get it to work when I tried tying it to something.
The best video and the one with a practical use explained. Thank you so much for sharing!
Your fast method (rotating wrist) helped me out a lot! Thank you.
Thank you guys for this video! I’ve watched multiple videos on how to do this but kept screwing it up. Yours is the most concise and helpful! Keep up the good work!
The knot you refer to as the "Alex knot" is properly called the "Scott's lock bowline." It was invented by Scott Safier and presented on the IGKT knot forum.
A very comprehensive video! Especially appreciate you showing all the things that can go wrong, some of which may look like a bowline, but not a true bowline.
YAY! The most sensible way to teach how to tie a bowline. Easy to see and a cinch to make. Thank you!!!!
Good job until now I thought I was knot challenged but I was just confused with the rabbit scenario. Thanks so much for sharing.
Wow, I been watching many many how to tie bowline knot and thank you for your instruction. It's best example I seen so far with good amount of explains and slow motions on the climax moments. Others show too fast on the important parts and say it's easy, but not to newbies.
Thank you again, it's best one so fare and I finally got it!
Great instructional video...I finally got it..
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Well done. Your demonstration is so clear and helpful. I just used it to teach some kids how to tie a bowline. Thank you.
Nicely done! This is the clearest and simplest demo I've seen. Got it first try. Thank you for posting.
Thank you so much I was have so much trouble with it
Thank you, this was very helpful!
This is great. I love a deep dive into something that 'everyone already knows'. I like the 'Alex' knot as a simple way of keeping the tail out of the way and finished off more cleanly than a normal bowline.
Thanks! Appreciate it! Yeah, there's lots of other really short bowline videos, but like you said, most stay "shallow."
Mijn mening over de Alex knot is dat je misschien een sterkere knoop hebt maar hij zal vlugger breken juist naast de knoop de breeksterkte zal volgens mij minder zijn dan 66 procent
Brilliant. Much better than other clips here on youtube
I've always had trouble with this simple knot. I've been doing it right since watching this video a while ago. Just found it again and had to comment how successful it is in teaching this knot.
I learned how to make the bowline on this video, you explain it so well. I’ve watched other vids but this is by far the best!!!
This is a good one. Nice demo of the correct way to tie a bowline. Best one I've seen.
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You covered everything extremely helpful thank you
Sir, I’m over 50 and I like knots as well. You taught me my first knot. I went to Lowe’s and bought three feet of nylon and I am in the game! That I you very much for you me great dirt lesson. Now on to the second grade! Yay!
2 Great books to have. Ashley book of knots which has 6,000. Knots and The riggers apprentice by Bryan Toss
Grrrreat video. Been sailing for years but still learned something. Had never figured out the slipknot version. Thank you!
Thank you very much for making this video!
Changing the perspective is HUGE! Thanks!
You've done an excellent tutorial- thanks!
Thank you, I use to do this when I was a kid ,and you make it alot easier then how I was taught.
Ryan, I’ve struggled with knits, but your video and explanations are so clear. I can do a bowline and I’m thrille
Thanks! I'm not a sailor but every Fall when I clean the valleys on my roof, I refresh myself before I secure my safety line to my anchor before I clip on to harness. I give my tail lots of line so it doesn't loosen but thanks for the "Alex weave" pointer.
great presentation with explanation of possible mistakes. There are other bowline variations but I like the one you presented.