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¿Para qué se emplea el as de guía?What is the bowline used for?

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Correct answer: b) To make an eye and moor to a bollard

Why it is correct

A bowline makes a fixed eye that neither slips nor tightens. That is why it is used to drop over a bollard.

Why the others are not

  • a) A ring takes an anchor bend.
  • c) That is the sheet bend.
  • d) That is the reef knot.

How to work it out in the exam

  1. Bowline: fixed eye.

Where this question comes from

Try it: Knots and lines

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