A Stroll along the Skirth 2 - The Bowline Traditional Cache
PenBed: I think it is time for this series to go the way of the Scout Group for whom it was placed. The caches will be collected in over the next few days.
A Stroll along the Skirth 2 - The Bowline
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One of a series located along the banks of the Skirth Navigation. This was once a busy water way linking Billinghay and North Kyme with Boston and Lincoln via the River Witham. The footpath is nestled between the river Skirth and the busy A153, so care should be taken with junior cachers.
These caches were set for my Scout Group to find as part of their Navigators badge, hence they are all named after knots.
The Bowline
An ancient and simple knot used to form a fixed loop at the end of a rope. It has the virtues of being both easy to tie and untie. Although generally considered a reliable knot, its main deficiencies are a tendency to work loose when not under load and the bight portion of the knot to capsize in certain circumstances. To address these shortcomings, a number of more secure variations of the bowline have been developed for use in safety-critical applications.
The structure of the bowline is identical to that of the sheet bend, except the bowline forms a loop in one rope and the sheet bend joins two ropes. Along with the sheet bend and the clove hitch, the bowline is often considered one of the most essential knots.
The bowline is sometimes referred as King of the knots because of its importance. It is one of the four basic maritime knots (the other three are figure-eight knot, reef knot and clove hitch).
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