Best way to tie a bowline knot for sailing with troubleshooting & variations

For sailing newbies! Learn, step by step how to tie a bowline for sailing.

If you're just starting out with sailing you will absolutely need to learn this knot.

This video is my spin on the best way to learn and practice this knot. Complete with troubleshooting guides and some more advanced variations.

Music:
ProleteR - Soul Key
ProleteR - Back Home

[gwenllianwilliams]

Have have not been able to tie a bowline all my life. Now I can. No more rabbits. Thank you!

[gerardbirkhauser]

Exceptional in covering common mistakes and hints on the coiling loop orientation. Keenly demonstrated various techniques using 'slip knot' and 'wrist wrap' Glad you put the rabbit-hole-shrub concept to bed, which leads to multiple errors. Valued slowing down your pace and repeating methods multiple times. Truly appreciated the initial orientation using the bitter end as most applicable to sailboats' usages. You were real and not too polished! Thanks greatly.

[quitethemike]

The meat is at 3:50 to 4:22. Good video, lots of explanation about the mechanics of the knot and troubleshooting. Helped me quite a bit thanks!

[gavinmaxbell]

Single best bowline instruction I've seen. The observation of having a practical orientation when learning this not is so key. A great video! Nice work.

[rob]

Great, you have cleverly showed all the mistakes I did myself at one point or another, and helped me get this bowline consistently right from now on!!!!

[MichelleyB-zkeh]

Thank you!! Best bowline knot tutorial out there.
Used it to hang a hummingbird feeder my boyfriend gave me as a gift ❤ subscribed

[banjodon]

Thanks for this video! I had watched several others and just got confused. In your video, you were actually tying to something, that made all the difference in my understanding! I've got it now! Thanks again!

[TJB]

I used to struggle with tying a bowline around an object back in the day (when I was in a situation that required me to tie it away from myself) but figured it out on my own. Thank you very much for making a video on it & explaining! Blows my mind how more people don’t touch up on this, because it can definitely be confusing. If you can remember that it has to be an underhand loop instead of an overhand, & the loop has to be on the inside (facing towards the tail) you’ll never be confused again! FYI: You can use the overhand loop when tying the Slipknot/snap method, but I’d stick with the underhand for muscle memory, because it can look funky if you are used to throwing your rope around in only one direction. (Clockwise or counter)

[bradmack]

Best description on how to tie a bowline. 11/10. Thank you!

[robertstringer]

I agree. After watching other videos this is the best clearest, easiest video to follow. Thanks.

[capt.redbeard]

DUDE!! Yours is the 5th video I watched to learn this, and you make it so simple! Great job, and thanks so much!

[peterpetaluma]

Finally! A practical guide to making a Bowline. I struggle with this in videos that don't show what the heck you use it for. Thank you very much Ryan!

[mixalis]

Best instructions along with cautions about bowline. Excellent job...thank you!

[WarGrrl]

Just want to tell you that no one on you tube teaches the bow line better than you. I always come back to your vid. Be Blessed and thank you.

[genedomenici]

I've viewed at least a dozen videos. This is the excellent! Thank you, Ryan.

[michealgillman]

Thanks ...the easiest way I've found. I just pulled a bite through, to make it quick release 👍

[joecarr]

Excellent, clear demonstration with explanation and repetition. Thank you very much.

[seanrebello]

Best demonstration on the internet on how to tie a bowline. Great job!

[Jimmy-boots]

I have watched a few other videos and this one is the beat and simplest one thank you

[michaelalfonso]

This is the best instruction for the bowline knot, for a newbie like me. I have looked at videos and asked an ex military man physically show me how to do it at a picnic. I practiced it several times, but like Ryan said it was demonstrated backwards in a hypothetical example, so when it came time for me to use it, I couldn’t do it. I know it’s partially my fault, because I’ve never had a chance to use it. So your instructions were awesome. There were some comments that said it took over 19 minutes for this knot, but this video was perfect for newbies like me, (actually the first knot took under 2 minutes), thanks Ryan, good job!