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
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowline