[quote=Edchris177][quote]I've always heard a bowline can come apart when not under tension but this was the first time I actually experienced it.[/quote]
Growing up in the Rockies, & doing technical climbs as a young man, this was THE PRIMARY reason a bowline was never used as a life line knot. A double bowline was acceptable.
Once you hang on the wire a few minutes, (using any "knot holding" line, like Sta Set etc)the anchor knot pulls tight. No matter how hard we beat the boats, they have never worked loose, either as actual anchor hitches on power boats, or dog bones.[/quote]
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