Really? What were some of the circumstances? I almost had one shake loose...
light air, jib flogging gently, short tail on the bowline... but it never
actually happened.

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"Dave" wrote in message
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On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 13:23:17 -0500, Wayne.B
said:

In lieu of that, there is no substitute for a good bowline knot.

I dunno. I've had singularly bad luck with bowlines' shaking loose. Still
looking for a good substitute.