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A double loop knot that can be used to lift a person. For a conscious person, each loop is placed around a leg and the person holds onto the standing part of the rope. This knot can serve as a make shift bosun’s chair. For an unconscious person one loop is place around the arm pits and the second loop is placed around the knees. | A double loop knot that can be used to lift a person. For a conscious person, each loop is placed around a leg and the person holds onto the standing part of the rope. This knot can serve as a make shift bosun’s chair. For an unconscious person one loop is place around the arm pits and the second loop is placed around the knees. | ||
This knot has an elegant symmetry and can be tied quickly when mastered. Unlike the | This knot has an elegant symmetry and can be tied quickly when mastered. Unlike the Portuguese bowline, each loop is separately fixed, which is a nice feature. It is a complicated knot however and if not properly tightened, it can slip. A [[fireman's chair knot]] is another double loop knot which is more practical, easier to tie and less prone to slipping although it lacks the elegance of a Spanish Bowline. | ||
==External Links== | == External Links == | ||
* [http://www.iland.net/~jbritton/spanishbowline.htm How to tie the Spanish Bowline] | * [http://www.iland.net/~jbritton/spanishbowline.htm How to tie the Spanish Bowline] | ||
[[fi:Espanjalainen paalusolmu]] | [[fi:Espanjalainen paalusolmu]] |