Brian
In my case I am using 3/8” New England VPC and the knot in attaching to snap
shackles for spin, and two genoas. And attached to a locking pin shackle for
the main.
They all lead back to the cabin top to Le
Can’t speak for the confined space rescuers, but the climbers switched from the
bowline to the figure eight, mainly, because the bowline CAN untie by itself
under certain situations.
Generally, the bowline is frowned upon in the life safety situations.
However, when I was learning to climb (a v
Here's a good article with a wee bowline
mentioned, from the professor himself, Mr. Brion Toss.
http://www.briontoss.com/education/archive/miscsept02.htm
Also, beware of the difference between a
reduction of strength by X5 vs.retention of
strength... no big deal if it's 50% but a value
of 60%
Subject: Re: Stus-List Halyard knots (was: Masthead sheaves C&C 37+)
To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com"
Cc: "Marek Dziedzic"
Date: Friday, February 2, 2018, 6:33 AM
Can’t speak for the confined space rescuers, but the
climbers switched from the bowline to
For those who want to know everything about knots and splices, here's a
series of tests done by Evans Starzinger with help from the rope companies
and other interested people:
http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?/topic/154025-ropeknotsplice-load-testing/
Fascinating stuff, but there are 1800
