Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
The Spanish Bowline is such a great knot to learn. Once you have learnt how to tie it, you will be able to do it in just under two seconds. The Spanish Bowline is actually much easier to tie, when not tied in the table top method as shown in the video. There are often times when you need a length of rope with two adjustable loops at the end.
The Ashley's Book of Knots shows two Spanish Bowlines being used at either end of a ladder to suspend the ladder (202). The Spanish Bowline is also shown as an emergency sling to lift an unconscious person (265). Each leg of the person is passed through each loop. Then a hitch is made under the persons arm pit, against their chest. Then the injured person can be raised or lowered to safety.
The advantage of a Spanish Bowline over say a Bowline in the Bight, is that the two loops formed are splayed or forked apart. How to Tie the Spanish Bowline Quick Tie Method
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The Spanish Bowline is such a great knot to learn. Once you have learnt how to tie it, you will be able to do it in just under two seconds. The Spanish Bowline is actually much easier to tie, when not tied in the table top method as shown in the video. There are often times when you need a length of rope with two adjustable loops at the end.
The Ashley's Book of Knots shows two Spanish Bowlines being used at either end of a ladder to suspend the ladder (202). The Spanish Bowline is also shown as an emergency sling to lift an unconscious person (265). Each leg of the person is passed through each loop. Then a hitch is made under the persons arm pit, against their chest. Then the injured person can be raised or lowered to safety.
The advantage of a Spanish Bowline over say a Bowline in the Bight, is that the two loops formed are splayed or forked apart. How to Tie the Spanish Bowline Quick Tie Method
#LetsGetKnotting
ABoK 2564
Johnny Debt Channel Handle: @KnottingKnots
