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Hi Lee. I think basically that knot is a figure 8 on a bight (or loop), no big deal. You are right on both counts in your second paragraph. I like to use bowlines on my boat, but I always back them up. They are pretty secure like that, even without any tension. Lee Bell wrote: ~ >Thanks, Paul. This cleared it up. The URL is interesting because it refers >to a figure 8 know while the picture clearly mentions a figure 8 loop knot. >The figure 8 is the knot I was thinking about. It has no loop and is >generally used to make a section or end larger, so that it will not pass >through something. The version with the loop is different and your >reference is the first time I've seen it or at least teh first time I've >seen it under this name. I think it's a common terminal knot using in >fishing, but It'll take me some time to figure out if, for fishing purposes, >if it has the same name. > >It's pretty obvious that the knot would be very secure. A bowline is a very >secure loop so long as it's under tension but quite easy to untie when it's >not. This one looks like it would be secure under any conditions but not >quite as easy to untie. > >Lee > > > http://www.troop9.org/knots/figure8.htm > -- Paul B. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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