Cowboy bowline

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Cowboy bowline
Names	Cowboy bowline, Dutch Marine Bowline
Category	loop
Related	Bowline
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The Cowboy Bowline is a type of knot, also known as The Dutch Marine Bowline. The Dutch Navy uses this variant of the bowline, because they consider it superior. They say the working end is not so easily pushed back by accident.

Difference The Dutch bowline has the working end, Mnemonic “rabbit” to the bowline, go around the “Tree” on the side closest to the loop and ends up with the working end (“rabbit”) pointing away form the loop while the regular bowline the, “rabbit” goes around the “tree” from the side opposite the loop and ends up with the working end (“rabbit”)pointing towards the loop.

There is a rule of thumb which states that the loose end should be as long as 12 times the circumference for the sake of safety.