"Bowline knot" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... before the captain had time to retort. He made a slide across the danger zone on his back, like a runner in a ball game. This move brought him into a safe place between the mainmast and the mizzen. There was a coil of extra cable here, and he grabbed the loose end and deftly made a running bowline knot. He set the noose firmly upon his shoulders, leaped up, and caught at the hoops ...
— Blow The Man Down - A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 • Holman Day |
