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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mike Clay" data-source="post: 502155" data-attributes="member: 34175"><p>I‘m sure that you can tell I’m new to this. I googled bow line but I don’t see any standard way that folks attach the bow line to the boat. Some use a snap hook, some use a zig zag cleat, some do a granny knot. I bought one of these lines for my 14’ v hull aluminum boat. I put the braided eye through the eye on my bow then put the running end through the braided eye and cinched it up. Then I tied a bowline in the running end. Now my winch hook barely fits on the eye. My thought is that I can use that bowline on a dock cleat if I ever fish near a dock. Or snub it off on a tree. Am I doing anything wrong?</p></blockquote><p></p>