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This article is an excerpt from NauticEd’s online Skipper Large Powerboat Course, a comprehensive online powerboating course for beginner to intermediate boaters to learn how to operate large powerboats 26 ft (8m) and above. You can learn and improve your powerboating with NauticEd, the international leader in boating education.

Blue bowline knot illustration, essential for powerboating and sailing. Learn more at www.animatedknots.com.

The Bowline

 

Purpose: The bowline knot creates a secure, non-slip loop at the end of a rope. It is commonly used for securing a line to a post, cleat, or ring.

Why It’s Important: The bowline is easy to tie and untie, even after being under extreme load, making it perfect for mooring, towing, and securing items on the boat.

Caution: This knot will tend to undo on it’s own when there is no load on the knot and being shaken around. Put an extra half hitch in the end around itself to prevent that.

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Bowline

 

You can learn more in the Skipper Powerboat Course....

Knowledge and theory to operate powerboats 26ft and greater. The Skipper Large Powerboat Course is a comprehensive online powerboating course for beginner to intermediate powerboaters wanting to learn how to operate larger powerboats greater than 26ft. Or upgrade to the Bareboat Charter Master for Powerboats Bundle of online courses to also master multiday and near-coastal powerboating as well as charter powerboats on vacations.

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  • Grant Headifen

    My vision for NauticEd is to provide the highest quality sailing and boating education available - and deliver competence wherever sailors live and go.

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Last updated on November 29th, 2024