How Do You Tie A Dutch Marine Bowline?
A Dutch marine bowline is named for its supposed use by the Dutch navy. It is also known as a left-hand bowline or cowboy bowline and is identified as knot number 1,034.5 in “Ashley’s Book of Knots.” Read the following steps to learn how to tie a Dutch marine bowline. Position the standing end of the rope so that it points away from you. Bring the working end up to the right and over the standing end to form an overhand loop. Bring the working end of the rope down and form a bight that will become the loop in the Dutch marine bowline. Push the working end through the overhand loop made in Step 1 from below. Pull the working end in front of the standing end and bend it around the standing end before pushing it back through the loop made in Step 1. The final working end that goes through the overhand loop should be at least 12 times longer than the circumference of the rope. Compare the Dutch marine bowline to the basic bowline. Ashley’s Book of Knots claims the Dutch marine bowline to b
