Portuguese Bowline Knot

This is an excellent variant of the Bowline Knot. Its particular use is when you need to secure or pull something in a certain direction but don't have a support where you need it. This knot allows you to suspend your force at an adjustable location between two tie-off points. Just like a regular bowline, it doesn't bind up and you can always untie it even after a heavy load is applied. For this knot i primarily tie it with the snap method as it allows me to simply thread through my two tie-off points and then tie it. No guessing required on how big to make the loops.

How to Tie:

Snap method. Thread through then outside of your first tie-off point, the twist once under the rope. This keeps both your loops straight once you tighten. Now pass through the inside of your second point. Pull enough slack to get past the middle of the two points. Now pull the line between the two tie-off points and pull it over your standing line. Roll a loop forward on the standing line past the section you pulled over, then pull the loop over the crossing section. Pull a bight from the standing line through the loop. This forms a slip knot. Thread the tag end through the bight that is protruding. Tighten by pulling from the standing line and the tag end. The bight will slip through the loop and form a Portuguese bowline. You can then slide the knot by grabbing the knot and applying sideways pressure. One you put a load on the line, it won't slide. It sounds complicated but really isn't bad once you see how it's a bowline that just encapsulates another piece of the rope.

You can also tie this with the loop and thread method. I haven't found a use for the third method, but you can also tie it as a doubled loop. Just leave an extra long tag end, and once you thread through the rolled loop, take another turn and back through the loop, then finish the knot normally.