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People unfamiliar with nautical terminology might think that the name "arbor knot" comes from the verb "to talk" or from the noun "arbor". In our maritime language, the name of this node comes from the "gazebo", but not from the usual, but from the marine arbor, which is a small wooden board - a platform that serves to lift a person onto the mast or lower the ship overboard during painting or other work. This board with the help of cables is attached to the lifting cable with a special knot, which is called the gazebo knot. Its second name is bowline. It comes from the English term "bowline", denoting tackle, which is used to pull the windward side luff of the lower straight sail. This tackle is knitted to the leech of the sail with The Bowline Knot, or simply Bowline.

It makes sense to dwell on this node in more detail. Indeed, it is admired by those who deal with cables and viscous knots. This is one of the oldest and most amazing knots ever invented by man. Archaeologists testify that the gazebo was known to the ancient Egyptians and Phoenicians for 3000 years BC. In English marine technical literature, it is often referred to as the "King of Knots" (King of Knots). Not every sea node can be compared with it in the number of positive properties that it possesses. Given the scope of its application and excellent qualities, the gazebo is rightfully awarded the royal title in a huge dynasty of marine and non-marine knots. In appearance, it looks like a weaving knot, but its running end does not go into the loop of the other end, but into the loop of its root end.

The arbor knot, despite its amazing compactness, simultaneously contains elements of a simple knot, half-bayonet, weaving and straight knots. The elements of all these nodes in a certain combination give the gazebo node the right to be called universal. It is surprisingly easy to knit, even with strong traction it never tightens "tightly", does not spoil the cable, never slides along the cable, does not untie itself, but it is easy to untie it when necessary.

The main purpose of the gazebo is to tie a person with a cable under the armpits as a means of insurance when climbing to a height, lowering overboard or in a smoky room during a fire on board a ship. You can insert a gazebo into the non-tightening loop of this knot. A loop tied with a gazebo knot on the mooring line reliably serves as a fire. This knot can be successfully used to tie two cables of any diameter or to tie a thick vegetable cable with a steel one (in this case, the cables are connected by loops, and the knots are knitted at their root ends). Of all the ways of tying two cables of different materials (for example, hemp and steel, dacron and manila), connecting with two arbor knots with loops will be the most reliable. In addition, from the gazebo you can make secure drawstring loop. It can be used for mooring and for attaching the cable to the hook. The gazebo knot can also be safely used to temporarily shorten the cable or in the case when it is required to exclude a worn piece of cable from work by tying the knot so that this piece falls on the loop.

There are many ways to knit a gazebo knot. Consider the most rational and most simple.

In life, the ability to quickly tie a gazebo knot around your waist can always come in handy. You need to be able to do this with one hand with one continuous movement of the brush, in the dark, in 2-3 seconds. It's not hard to learn this at all.

Take the root end of the cable in your left hand, with your right hand encircle the running end behind you around your waist. Take the running end in your right hand and, stepping back from its edge about 10 centimeters, hold it in your fist. Take the root end in the left hand and stretch the left hand forward. Now, having the root end of the cable slightly taut, with the right hand, with the running end clamped in it, go around the root end of the cable from top to bottom towards you and up away from you. Try to make such a movement with the brush so that it does not completely fall into the loop. Next, wrap the running end around the stretched root end to the left and intercept it with the thumb and forefinger of the right hand. Pulling the right hand out of the loop, simultaneously push the running end into the small loop. Holding the running end with the right hand, pull the root end with the left hand. The knot is tied around your waist according to the diagram in fig. 76. After doing this several times in a row, you will learn how to tie a bow knot on yourself in the dark or with your eyes closed.

Rice. 76. Arbor knot (working loop is indicated by a cross)

Imagine the following situation: you are overboard in the water, you are thrown from the deck of the end, along which you cannot climb up, because it is slippery. By tying a harness knot around your waist and moving the resulting loop under your arms, you can ensure that you are safely pulled out of the water onto the deck.

This magnificent knot has saved the lives of sailors more than once. To untie the gazebo knot, it is enough to slightly move the loop of the running end along the weakened root of the cable.

Author: Skryagin L.N.

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