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prodigal

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Is the bowline out of vogue? or are folks just not finding any value in having the extra deck "clutter"?
Personally I find some comfort in having one, but I was curious why I dont see them on many boats these days.



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bluekayak insists on one (and not much else :smt044

I don't ride my adventure with one, too much tangle risk already with the pedals.  However, I roll with one on my caper.  The last time I used it was to daisy chain off of EWB when he was on anchor and we were fishing a big tide out of RWC for sharks and rays. 


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shark_bait and I have towed other who had a bowline.  Also as a guide for drift anchors and a way to drag our yaks over long distances of sand or up hills.  Most useful so far to do the terrestrial drag  :smt004
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I've always have a bowline on my yak. And it proved useful when I had to tow a member back to shore on a windy day at the bay.


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Useful when launching from a floating pier, eg Capitola yesterday

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I use a bowline when pulling the loaded yak upriver in water that I can't paddle, be it too shallow, or too fast. It's also useful for the short terrestial drags.
Most of the time it is the tag end of my anchor rope.
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I've always have a bowline on my yak. And it proved useful when I had to tow a member back to shore on a windy day at the bay.

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I've always have a bowline on my yak. And it proved useful when I had to tow a member back to shore on a windy day at the bay.

Don't you just hang on a hobie island adventure?

negative.....I got stuck under chucke's ama  :smt045


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I've got one, but most of the time I untie it & stash it in a small hatch. I have used it for a bow tie down during freeway trips, a kelp anchor, and as a shoulder strap for hauling the yak on wheels.

I've never used it as the Bluekayak ditch application though, fortunately :smt002

I always figured that a bow line, or at least a rope in the hatch that could be used as such, was like a bilge pump, gotta have one.
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I still keep one on deck a lot of the time, but like others, I've mostly used for sand-dragging.
Been thinking I should just keep the line stowed also.
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No bow line (v. bowline which is a knot :smt002) rigged.  I do keep a throw bag with 25' of line inside it clipped to my seat.  No clutter or mess but easy to deploy in a hurry if you need it.
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I've always have a bowline on my yak. And it proved useful when I had to tow a member back to shore on a windy day at the bay.

Don't you just hang on a hobie island adventure?

negative.....I got stuck under chucke's ama  :smt045

Chuck ran you over?   :smt006

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I've had a bow line on since day one. I use a trailer to tow my rig and just use one of the trailer straps as a bow line.

I've used it in the past to tie off on tree limbs (with limited success), but now I bring a couple of other ropes and just stuff them in my mesh hand pockets.

The bow strap/line comes in handy for dragging the boat on the trailer and then just quick wrapping it around the hitch several times to get me up into the parking lot to do the final unloading gear/tie down. Just something quick and temporary while pulling the rig out of the water.


   


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I use to carry a bow line on my bow all the time before i started fishing from my yak. I found that my hooks kept getting caught in it once i started fishing. Now i keep it in the milkcrate. My throwbag got nudged out by my lunchbox.