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Originally Posted by NoBozo
Here's a Bowline: I use it in one end of my docklines. No Splices needed. Feed it through an Open Throat cleat and loop it over the cleat....I also used it at the clew end of my jib sheats. A Metal Snapshackle at the clew end of a jibsheet is Lethal if it whacks you in the head while you are up on the foredeck trying to get the jib down.  NB
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Exactly correct. Thanks for finding the correct picture!
For your dock lines, an eye splice can be for same use.
I've sailed for over half century, and totally agree about the jib sheet lines.
Been in many situations on foredeck.
Briefly! Thanks much!