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Bowline on a bight

Bowline on a bight. Used to form a seat in which to lower a person from aloft. An example of ropework from a collection of demonstration knots.

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Object Details

ID:	AAA0095.35
Type:	Bowline on a bight
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	National Maritime Museum
Date made:	After 1937
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 10 mm x 208 mm x 75 mm
Parts:	Knot collection Knot (AAA0095.1) Knot (AAA0095.2) Knot (AAA0095.3) Knot (AAA0095.4) Knot (AAA0095.5) Knot (AAA0095.6) Knot (AAA0095.7) Knot (AAA0095.8) Knot collection (AAA0095.9) Knot collection (AAA0095.10) Knot collection (AAA0095.11) Knot collection (AAA0095.12) Knot collection (AAA0095.13) Paunch mat (AAA0095.15) Sword matting (AAA0095.16) Hammock clew (AAA0095.17) Oval mat (AAA0095.18) Round mat (AAA0095.19) Marlin spike hitch? (AAA0095.20) Hook (AAA0095.21) Marlin spike hitch (AAA0095.22) Marlin spike model (AAA0095.23) Flemish eye (AAA0095.24) Long splice (AAA0095.25) Short splice (AAA0095.26) Back splice (AAA0095.27) Four-stranded rope eye splice (AAA0095.28) Three-stranded rope eye splice (AAA0095.29) Chain splice (AAA0095.30) Cut splice (AAA0095.31) Single carrick bend (AAA0095.32) Double carrick bend (AAA0095.33) Bowline (AAA0095.34) Bowline on a bight (AAA0095.35) Running bowline (AAA0095.36) Midshipman's hitch (AAA0095.37) Double sheet bend (AAA0095.38) Single sheet bend (AAA0095.39) Outside clinch (AAA0095.40) Inside clinch (AAA0095.41) Fisherman's bend (AAA0095.42) Shroud knot (AAA0095.43) Shroud knot (AAA0095.44) Blackwall hitch (AAA0095.45) Blackwall hitch hook (AAA0095.46) Sheepshank (AAA0095.47) Round sennit (AAA0095.48) Common sennit (AAA0095.49) Square sennit (AAA0095.50) Lower boom with jumping ladder (AAA0095.51) Grommet (AAA0095.52) Spritsail sheet knot (AAA0095.53) Diamond knot (AAA0095.54) Man-rope knot (AAA0095.55) Single Matthew Walker knot (AAA0095.56) Double Matthew Walker knot (AAA0095.57)

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