My father was a chief boatswains mate (bosun) during WWII and used to teach me all kinds of knots as a kid. I found myself smiling while watching. Was rite there next to him again.!! Thank you.!!

That is the BEST demo of a bowline I have ever seen.

@kaooabunga

7 жыл бұрын

You are right! I was going to post the same comment! I've seen many videos of it, but this one is very well and comprehensively explained!

@Survivalinformation1

7 жыл бұрын

Agree with you Enrique and Stephen..... BEST video of the bowline I have ever seen..... Hats off to you Louis !!!!

@neil2385

6 жыл бұрын

until you can tie in 1.5 secs with your eyes closed you haven't truly mastered it. He has, I have and so have many others

@jiujiu

5 жыл бұрын

absolutely agree. the rabbit method has seared it into my mind. thank you

@raymondgoodman9148

5 жыл бұрын

best everrrr 🏴‍☠️

This is one of the best knot tying videos I've ever seen.

@clarencetaylor7455

4 жыл бұрын

Beats most any wedding video

Thanks to everyone who came from Reddit - redd.it/20mozi

@Toph.Beifong.

8 жыл бұрын

Tried watching 2 videos prior to this on how to do this, and this was the only one that made sense to me. thanks!

I could not be more impressed! You, Sir, are a Master Knotsman! Every sailor should know his/her way around small-work and mooring lines! Working with lines underwater in very limited visibility requires lots of drills on dry land. THANK YOU! New Subscriber!

@FrederickDunn

3 жыл бұрын

Were you ever a Boatswain's Mate? :)

@ieeaswaran

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed, impressive this gent is -- from the confidence with which he speaks right to that fantastic voice.

I've been a deckhand, now tankerman/steersman, for years aboard inland tugs and thought I knew bowlines pretty well. This demo is excellent and taught me some knew tricks. The partially prepared bowline for an approach scenario blew my mind and I can see how useful this would be as a tankerman while landing on old docks with broken cavels, timberheads, etc. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and I will be sure to pass it along. Kudos!

@JohnSwampthingRae

6 жыл бұрын

Aye, that one is called the "Lightning Bowline" works really good... We used to use to to impress Tourists, as we moored to a Piling...

@breenhue

6 жыл бұрын

Daniel Wilson Have a look how I tie a bowline..

@professormoptop

5 жыл бұрын

Daniel I feel you. I worked for ACBL for a few years and that last bowline would be perfect for some River scenerios

@BadDadio

5 жыл бұрын

I’ve been practicing this method since I saw this video. I’m not a seaman but tie a lot of loads in my truck while hauling.

@davidkruse3988

4 жыл бұрын

That was awesome prepared bowline

I only wish there were more videos of you teaching knots. One of my favorites.

learning about knots from the Most New England Man of all time

I would love to see more knots from Louis. I really enjoy his manner of teaching. The camera work & editing also do a great job.

Best bowline knots demo ever 🙏🙏from NZ

Just came across this site - this guy is awesome! Amazing MASTER craftsman.

Man this is by far the best video on tying a bowline. I'd love to see you do some more videos on knots. Thanks for sharing your knowledge

This has to be one of the best explanations of the bowline I've seen yet. It shows several different ways to tie (including my favorite where you create the bite and let the knot collapse into a bowline). Really really good video. Thanks.

Please share as much of your knowledge of knots as you can! You have made the best video about the bowline that I've ever seen. Thank you!

@jamesiler7779

6 жыл бұрын

Ditto that!

@margaretsnead30

5 жыл бұрын

**5g*v66"mnnhgg.".

@peterfischer4977

4 жыл бұрын

Fishing spinnerbait at night

@DouglasGross6022

4 жыл бұрын

@@margaretsnead30 I'm having a little trouble understanding you. Could you speak up a bit?

@Faesharlyn

4 жыл бұрын

@@DouglasGross6022 that's Margaret's cat, allow me to translate? "I approve the use of cordage for this purpose, please purrform a continue"

Great demo and the replays up close are awesome, one of the best rope tying explanations.

That last bowline trick was super cool. I also did not know about the sheet bend / cowboy style issue. Thanks for teaching me something new. I’d always thought the bowline was the knot and the bowline with the loop was a bowline on a bight. I like to tell people the two most useful things about the bowline are: 1) the loop won’t cinch up on you 2) no matter how long it’s been tied and no matter how much tension it’s been under, you can “break its back” and untie it.* *You take the loop around the standing part of the line (the loop that was the rabbit’s route) and bend it towards the standing line. Love this series. Learning so much.

1:55 I love this shortcut! It really helped me eliminate the mistake of making the loop in the wrong direction. Thanks for showing the tying technique from two camera angles too.

@programmer1356

Жыл бұрын

1:46 to 1:55 Very nice demo

Thank you for this great demonstration of the bowline and it's sister the sheet bend, with the various tying methods and tips. These two knots are two of the most useful of all time

Lou is just a wealth of knowledge and experience. Tremendous teacher. Thank you.

Awesome video! After 5 minutes of practice during your video I feel much more confident tying a bowline quickly. Thanks!

Brilliant! Thank-you very much for the instruction. This side of the pond, the two ways of tying the bowline are called the Flemish way and the Portuguese way. I like that because I am Portuguese living in Flanders...

That last bowline was very neat how it rolled over ! I work in concert production so this and a clovehitch are our go to knots

I was a utility lineman for ten years and had to use a bowline many times. I wish I had your lesson from day one. It would have saved me a lot of time.

Best analysis of the bowlines different methods of tying and its relationship with the sheet bend. Awesome demonstration of how dangerous the left-handed sheet bend is. Notice how he flips the end of the rope directly on top of the "rabbit hole". It would be a neat trick to flip it INTO the hole.

I've been tying these for years...never thought I'd learn a new way after this long. That was great.

Best Demo for tying a bowline Sir, very lucid style, easy to understand. Thank you very much for sharing.

I could listen to this man talk about knots and bowlines all day long :D Great tips!

Hands down this is the best, most fun, engaging way to demonstrate a Bowline! I want to be Louis when I grow up.

I have sailed for some 50 years and have never understood the bowline so completely. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience. You have a new subscriber in me.

Finally I get the bowline THANK YOU so much. and the sheet bend/bowline trick is so useful. Excellent video, excellent demo, excellent production 👏

Just found this channel and it's awesome!

Liked AND subscribed!! My cousin was married a life-long merchant marine in Maine. (Bob) Bob taught us to tie a ""seamans simple bowline".... it only takes about 1½ to 2 seconds. [Perfect for emergencies] It has been 23years since that family reunion on the Susquehanna River. I tested myself last year and discovered that I have forgotten the technique/ procedure. It starts w/looping several feet of rope around my back,then throw the short end spinning around the long (attached to the ship) end......that's all I can recall. I do regret working so diligently to destroy my short term memory! {Crap! It worked}

This is the best Bowline tying video I've ever seen! I'm a riverman on Michigan's Grand River, and I want this guy for a neighbor!

Wow love this - especially the inverted bowline at the end - never seen that - awesome party trick !!! 👍

Thanks again. A few years ago I learned Louis's pre-tied bowline from the last part of this video. I've used it ever since. I had to practice it many many times over a few weeks, but now as all good knots should be learned I can do it automatically. This also avoids making a cowboy-bowline. Though I may never have had a cowboy-bowline slip on me... it's just good practice to do it right for all uses. On a video I watched a couple of days ago, 5 best knots something like that. knot number one: bowline...but he tied a cowboy.

This is one of the best videos in all of KZread. I will watch it 10 times.

I guess this is one of those new things you learn every day. Thank you.

Ok the way you demonstrate just feels right, it’s a fluid natural movement with the wrist. Thank you. It’s my favorite technique so far.

What a treat it is to watch a master of anything! Lou proves to be the Master of Knots.

Wow, that was fantastic. So well thought out and presented. Thankyou

Excellent video thank you 🙏. You showed the replay, went at an easy pace, spoke clearly and used a good thickness rope.

Really great, thanks. I'm relatively new to boating, know the "boy scout" method but this will make quick tying of a bowline much easier.

*Hello there, I have requested your DVDs, for simpler and quicker approach to manufacture a shed **Allmy.Tips** I trust the substance are as you guaranteed it will be. Just I'm worried with the substance, it won't be anything but difficult to settle on a decision from the various plans.*

Wonderful informative and instructional video, delivered by a man you just know you can trust to give you good advice. I could watch this wonderful man all day and never tire of it. One of the very best knot-tying videos I’ve ever seen. Thank you Louis. Best regards from the Giant’s Causeway Coast of Northern Ireland. 😀👍☘️

There is something powerfully attractive about a man who excellent skills. I could watch this guy for hours.

Great video. I was taught knots by a Royal Engineer (I'm a gunner) and that was a superb demonstration of a bowline and a slip knot. Very easy to mix up. Great video.

I’m just starting out on a westerly longbow 31 ft, I’ve inherited from my dad, I’m scared to death of it to be frank, I’ve just found his book of knots and now with your great practical Vídeos I may start to dream of leaving the dock In my own lifetime!! Thank you for being so calm in explaining everything, You give me great confidence already.

@lynchcreekmuzzy5759

Жыл бұрын

So....did you ever get your fathers boat out onto the water??

Mr. Sauzedde you are are a very fine instructor. I am not building a boat but you have thought me hundreds of new building ideas. I am an instructor and I will always sit and listen to you. Thank you very much.

That last technique in particular blew my mind! Thanks for the lesson!

I love your videos, the authenticity is amazing

Thank you. Fast and easy. Regards from Brazul

Three cheers for a clear and clever bowline vid. I'll be looking for more.

Perfect video about Bowline knot. Good job man.

I'd love to have Louis's skills and lifestyle. He comes across as a very contented seafarer with comprehensive wooden boat skills, something with which most people visiting here would possibly concur.

The sailor staggers out of the tavern, around the telephone pole and back into the tavern!

@JusBidniss

5 жыл бұрын

The reason the sailor got drunk in the first place is because he tied a cowboy-style bowline to join two ropes, the knot slipped apart, and he lost a million dollar yacht....

@kamuelalee

4 жыл бұрын

aye, aye, capn'

@hfactor6429

4 жыл бұрын

You said "tavern"........what are you a f'n 100yrs old!!!???

@Tomos_J-J

4 жыл бұрын

@@hfactor6429 ye olde inn.

@kents.2866

4 жыл бұрын

@@hfactor6429 Lots of places are called taverns and pubs. Lighten up dude.

YEP, I agree this is the BEST tutorial on using the Bowline! BUT!!! at the end of the tutorial is the most USEFUL and FASTEST way to tie a Bowline around a post -- thank you for teaching me something new about this know!

There just ain't no substitute for wisdom from experience. Please keep sharing your talent!

You, sir, are a pro! Excellent video!

Wow! Good clear demos, and those hands are magical. I'd probably need to replay that last demo several times. Getting that inversion to happen could be tricky.

Louis, I love your knowledge and craftmanship. Thanks for this tutorial on the bowline. Good on ya mate ✌

Excellent course of instruction and quite easy to understand. Thanks!

That last one was how the marlin spike converts into a boline when the working end is passed through instead of a spike. I just did it last night over and over again. Amazing.

@DouglasGross6022

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for identifying the marlin spike. I wish he had shown how to tie the bowline around yourself with one hand. This is still the best video on the bowline that I've found.

I love that pre-prepared loop method you finished with! I did not know that one--and it would be dead handy.

Simply brilliant thanks for sharing

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Very clear explanation and demonstration.

This guy is a knotting wizard. Great video for learning!

brilliant, seriously great demonstration. Thank you!!

As an old apprentice shipwright and taught this a long time ago but now forgotten, I was amazed with this. I will surely come back and practice when sober!

Thank you for sharing! I'm looking forward to checking out your other videos.

This is an amazing demonstration from a person who truly understands the subject matter. No pretense... no fluff. Just what you need to know, simple and concise.

This video was really interesting and helpful, basically an educated time saver👍🏻👍🏻 Thank you Sir!!!

I'm sorry but can Lou get more fascinating? Every video I watch I learn something plus his voice is hypnotic. His woodworking vids are great! Thank you.

You're a natural teacher. Thanks.

Wonderful! Best bowline demo video I have seen to date!

Tie a marlinspike hitch, then catch the end of the line. This will then invert under tension, to form a bowline. And it is a great way to tie a bowline. This was a great vid to watch.

that last one was sooo slick! compliments

Glad to see you are still at it. Keep on sharing your skills boss man

excellent presentation. Thanks

When I started to work as a sailor on a commercial vessel, I proudly displayed my knowledge of how to make a bowline, the cub scout way. (I did not know it was the cub scout way). My older colleagues had a good laugh and then showed me how a sailor does it. Exactly how shipwright Louis Sauzedde explain in this video :-)

The best tutorial bowline video, thanx you sir. Cheers from Baja Mexico

Anything this guy shows seems to be interesting! Very fun to watch.

Love your videos. Thanks for all of your tips

Excellent video ... Probably the best! Thanks.

Excellent instruction! Subscribed.

Best discussion and demonstration on the bowline I've ever scene. Michael (BM2 / USCG)

I been a sailor for 13 years and never have seen that last setup. I find it very handy for the future. Thanks for the tips!!!

@DouglasGross6022

4 жыл бұрын

Another comment identified that as the marlin spike with the working end pulled through instead of a spike.

My dad was US Navy. The bowline remains the most useful knot he taught me. I never heard the "rabbit hole" story, and wow, I'm glad.

I'm late to the game on seeing this, but this is some pretty impressive knot tying with great explanations on everything. very well put together video.

What a wonderful explanation, congratulations!

The movements of your hands is magic.

I first learned how to tie this knot the last way. Thanks for showing multiple methods of accomplishing the same result! Too many people will dismiss anything other than their preferred method.

Awesome Demo! Would you be willing to make a video demonstrating your top 5 or 10 (or whatever#) knots needed on a sailboat and explain what they are best used for? multi purpose knots.... that would awesome - New Sailor in NC

Thank you. Clear, well shot and edited. Jolly good.

Thank you, O Yoda of The Bent Line! You are a wonderful instructor.

EXCELLENT!!!! THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR VIDEOS!

Practicing knots makes them second nature that you don't forget. I've tied thousands of bowlines so I won't forget. Many other knots I rarely tie and I forget how to tie them. I used to have a book that showed knots perfectly easy to see and do. It's long since been filed in a good place where I cannot find it.

Wow! Fantastic tricks, loved it. Bravo

Great bowline demonstration, thanks for sharing! :)

great demo of the most useful knot out there. its the most common knot we use in the Elevator Industry.

Excellent, thanks for demo of proper bowlines.