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> On Apr 4, 2020, at 07:47, David Knecht via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > Hi - I read that Marine How-To article and then came across this which was > not encouraging: > https://forums.sailboatowners.com/threads/mooring-pendant-debacle.185630/ > I plan to use a double, but not link them together. Dave > > Dr. David Knecht > Professor, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology > University of Connecticut > 91 N. Eagleville Rd. > U-3125 > Storrs, CT 06269-3125 > 860-486-2200 > >> On Apr 3, 2020, at 8:04 PM, <djhaug...@juno.com> <djhaug...@juno.com> wrote: >> >> https://marinehowto.com/mooring-pendants-thoughts-musings/ >> >> From: David Knecht via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> >> Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2020, 3:20 PM >> To: CnC discussion list CnC >> Cc: David Knecht >> Subject: Stus-List Mooring pendants >> >> I am planning to get a new pendant for my mooring float and have been >> reading up on the topic. I am surprised by the variety of solutions I am >> seeing and few are complete. My plan was to put a nylon pendant and luggage >> hitch on a NE Ropes cyclone dyneema segment on one arm of the double. The >> cyclone is 5’ or 8’ long. My old pendant is 12’ long. So I am thinking a >> 5’ cyclone and 7-8 foot nylon/poly 3/4” for one side. What I am more unsure >> of is what to do with the other arm of the pendant. I like the idea of a >> double as it gives redundancy in the event of a failure at that part of the >> chain of connections. Presumable, I would do that in all nylon/poly. But >> should it be the same length or longer so it only comes into play in the >> event of a primary failure. Alternatives I see are making it the same >> length or making it shorter so that the dynema arm is the emergency backup. >> I thought the science of this would be all worked out by now but it seems >> not. The results of the cyclone/dyneema study in the Boston area seems to >> be pretty strong that it does not fail due to chafe which was the major >> source of failures in that area. So perhaps the second pendant is overkill? >> Dave >> >> >> S/V Aries >> 1990 C&C 34+ >> New London, CT >> >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >
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