Knots and Ropes

[Frnc]

Single handed bowline is very good for rescue, if you fall off a boat and someone chucks you a rope. You just have to get the end around you. It's easiest if the standing rope is not too slack, and not too tight. Try not to get your hand stuck in the loop. Try to visually check it looks right. Shown here from about 1 min 20 secs into the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qedv5svXWno

[pseudonym]

Single handed bowline is very good for rescue, if you fall off a boat and someone chucks you a rope. You just have to get the end around you. It's easiest if the standing rope is not too slack, and not too tight. Try not to get your hand stuck in the loop. Try to visually check it looks right. Shown here from about 1 min 20 secs into the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qedv5svXWno

I can't tie a normal one, this is the only one I use.

[Frnc]

Single handed bowline is very good for rescue, if you fall off a boat and someone chucks you a rope. You just have to get the end around you. It's easiest if the standing rope is not too slack, and not too tight. Try not to get your hand stuck in the loop. Try to visually check it looks right. Shown here from about 1 min 20 secs into the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qedv5svXWno

I can't tie a normal one, this is the only one I use.

Same here, except I watched a few vids showing the normal one recently, so I probably could do a normal one now. Also, I got a refresher on what it should look like. I learned the one handed one for tying into a climbing harness, so I've done it loads of times. I usually top roped or seconded, so I was used to the rope hanging down, which makes this method dead easy.

[Frnc]

Double Simple Simon bend. More secure than a single. Keep this sort of info on your phone. NB I wouldn't leave short tails like in the pic, leave them a big longer. For extra security, leave them very long and tie a couple of overhand stopper knots.

[Frnc]

NB the single handed bowline definitely needs an overhand stopper knot or two. There is also something called the Yosemite finish.

[Peter]

The bowline....in cubs we were told....standing line is a tree....make a loop, that is a rabbit hole......

the free end is the rabbit.....the rabbit comes out of the hole.....goes round the tree and back down the hole.

Think about it and you’ll never forget it

[Frnc]

The bowline....in cubs we were told....standing line is a tree....make a loop, that is a rabbit hole......

the free end is the rabbit.....the rabbit comes out of the hole.....goes round the tree and back down the hole.

Think about it and you’ll never forget it

Is a good memory trick, and it's worth knowing even if you can do a one handed bowline. I can only do the one handed one if the rope is around me, or into a harness loop somewhere around my belly. This is not ideal if you have to tie someone else on, for example.

NB. Tying two overhand knots after, to make sure the bowline can't come undone. It is possible to do this wrong, if you go in too early. You need to ensure you've made a full loop first. You can do two, or a double like this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8AuiR_q_8g