1. bowline
2. clove hitch
3. carrick bend
4. a lashing to connect crossed beams

For the bowline there is a technique to tie it quite easily (tieing it is much easier than describing it):
You start with a bight and cross the ends with the long end on top. Then you pull a loop from the long end through the bight. Itīs important to pull the loop to the top. Then you push the short end through the loop and adjust the length of the short end . At last you pull the long end untill the loop slips through.
I used this technique for training youngsters in our unit. Everyone got it right the first time.
The end to the left is the long end and the portions to the top form the loop.


Here is a link to the illustration of the bowline knot


Edited by M_a_x (12/21/02 12:41 PM)
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