Editing Cowboy bowline (section)

==Security==
There is a rule of thumb which states that the loose end should be as long as 12 times the [[circumference]] of the cord for the sake of safety.<ref name="realknots">{{Cite web|url=http://www.realknots.com/knots/sloops.htm|title=Roper's Knot Pages - Single loops|website=www.realknots.com|access-date=2018-07-10}}</ref>

Cowboy bowline is tested to be more resistant to cross loading (ring loading, transverse loading) than regular bowline.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |author1=Jan Simon |author2=Vladimir Dekys |author3=P. Palček |date=2019-11-15 |title=Revision of Commonly Used Loop Knots Efficiencies |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344689340 |access-date=2022-09-17 |website=ResearchGate |pages=413–414 |language=English |quote=tendency to spontaneously loosen under cyclic loading … Similarly to bowline, it is … not recommended to use in life-critical applications. |ref=loop_knot_study}}</ref>  Like the right-hand bowline, it can spontaneously loosen under cyclic loading, and is not recommended for life-critical applications.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gommers |first=Mark |date=14 Jan 2021 |title=AN ANALYSIS OF THE STRUCTURE OF 'BOWLINES' |url=http://www.paci.com.au/knots.php |page=58 |quote=This form of the Simple Bowline is resistant to ring loading but is still not suitable for mission critical applications. |edition=3.0}}</ref>