I promised you in the article on how to tie a bowline with only one hand that I’d show you one with a difficulty rating of 12/10.
It’s so quick that if you want to master it you’ll need to watch it over and over and over and…. again. You will also need a good light-weight rope and enough space to practice so you don’t knock off the photos and other chintz from the mantelpiece.
I’d like to hear from the first person to perfect this. Post a comment and let us have a video of you achieving the flying bowline. I also want to hear from anyone who manages to do this on the foredeck while edging up to the pontoon to berth. If you can do a flying bowline and then use the knot to moor up then I’ll take my hat off to you. You will indeed be the Governor or the ‘Honorary Commodore’ no less.
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That was a sure speedy knot and I am not one to quibble, but if you compare the two knots (the first one in the red rope and the 'speedy' one) then they are different. The tail of 'speedy' does not appear into the loop of the knot and thus it is not a boline in the proper sense. Good try though.