Double bowline Double bowline A double bowline (or round turn bowline) is a type of loop knot. Instead of the single turn of the regular bowline, the double bowline uses a round turn. This forms a more secure loop than a standard bowline. Though called "double bowline" by Clifford Ashley, this name is also reasonably descriptive of a different knot: the bowline on a bight. Because of this ambiguity some sources differentiate by using one of the alternate names above. And at least one other source uses the name "double bowline" for a mid-line loop knot made by tying a basic bowline
USS Tom Bowline (1814) The crew arrived at Bahia on 26 April. The war had already ended at the time of the encounter, but none of the vessels had received the news. Records giving details of "Tom Bowline's" subsequent service have not been found, but the vessel was apparently sold in 1818. USS Tom Bowline (1814) USS "Tom Bowline" was a schooner that the United States Navy used as a storeship during the War of 1812. The Navy sold her c.1818. The Navy purchased "Tom Bowline" in late 1814 at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, for use as a storeship, and put Lieutenant B. V. Hoffman