Forum: SparTalk
08-17-2012, 09:00 PM
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Forum: SparTalk
07-15-2012, 10:52 AM
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Did you examine the rope at some point(s) AWAY...
Did you examine the rope at some point(s) AWAY from the break?
--perhaps at any other point that might be thought to have some
higher-than-usual stresses?
Brion's question hits to the point of...
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Forum: SparTalk
07-09-2012, 11:45 PM
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Forum: SparTalk
03-30-2012, 12:06 PM
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There is one point to be made here, echoing...
There is one point to be made here, echoing Brion's long-ago (2001?) SAIL
article warning of such specious calculations : the "strength" of hi-mod lines
is typically given for spliced lines and is...
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Forum: SparTalk
03-13-2012, 10:17 PM
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Replies: 11
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You must have mis-typed, and mean...
You must have mis-typed, and mean "nylon" vice "Dacron"
--for what you cite is true only of the former, not the latter.
As for the imperviousness of HMPE to UV degradation, I've read
conflicting...
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Forum: SparTalk
02-16-2012, 12:29 PM
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Replies: 5
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There is a gap between HMPE & nylon : why not...
There is a gap between HMPE & nylon : why not try polypropylene
or some CoEx PP/PE, in a moderate to hard lay (for elasticity)?
This would give you floating line, so little weight submerged, for...
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Forum: SparTalk
02-08-2012, 09:51 AM
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Replies: 16
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??? ! This is a gross misreading on both...
??? ! This is a gross misreading on both accounts : (1) the "EDK" is by consensus
--and w/o further qualification-- the denotation of the offset water knot (overhand)
and of the 4 listed possible...
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Forum: SparTalk
01-28-2012, 09:32 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 71,058
But you could edify (for all of the readers)!
I...
But you could edify (for all of the readers)!
I still can't imagine why, and will note that it entails ensuring, each time that
the knot is on the proper side of the rap-ring/sling for the altered...
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Forum: SparTalk
01-27-2012, 05:59 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 71,058
[snipped from Reply, over quota ...]
It's a...
[snipped from Reply, over quota ...]
It's a tough question, at times : to choose the *safer* path and guard against possible
mistake can be seen to protect ignorance from being overcome. OTOH,...
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Forum: SparTalk
01-27-2012, 05:57 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 71,058
Why ask for (often dubious) test results, when...
Why ask for (often dubious) test results, when you have all the means to do your
own testing --YOUR particular paired ropes, you body mass, and the ability to tie
up a 2-to-1 crude pulley system...
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Forum: SparTalk
10-01-2011, 07:53 PM
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Replies: 9
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Allen, yes, BINGO! --that's it, with the added...
Allen, yes, BINGO! --that's it, with the added nicety of the
eye holding it to the ring. Would it be possible for this to be
as shown (attached to clew), and then it's a an action of passing
the...
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Forum: SparTalk
10-01-2011, 09:46 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 36,353
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Forum: SparTalk
10-01-2011, 09:30 AM
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Replies: 9
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Yes, the "half" is a strangle --and one...
Yes, the "half" is a strangle --and one can attach "knot"/"binder" or "hitch" depending how much you want to advance some nomenclature : the knot is typically promoted for being tied around something...
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Forum: SparTalk
09-29-2011, 11:28 PM
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Replies: 9
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Forum: SparTalk
11-22-2009, 10:14 PM
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Forum: SparTalk
10-24-2009, 11:53 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 8,980
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Forum: SparTalk
10-06-2009, 11:10 AM
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Views: 8,980
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Forum: SparTalk
10-04-2009, 10:44 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 8,601
Oh, really: are you able to do THIS in the...
Oh, really: are you able to do THIS in the middle of a rescue?!
Seems it would be best to let them know BEFORE they make a decision,
since you might get better knot advice than is currently...
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Forum: SparTalk
08-29-2009, 11:09 PM
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Replies: 3
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I don't follow your thinking re differences in...
I don't follow your thinking re differences in stretch -- the stretchy one should be what
survives, having stretched and let the other bear the load. What seems to be happening
is that the core is...
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Forum: SparTalk
08-22-2009, 12:32 PM
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Replies: 2
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It is interesting to read vendor & other...
It is interesting to read vendor & other information about the vulnerability
of HMPE to UV -- from mediocre resistance to immunity !
If you convert, and so have these old, some-places-whitened lines...
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Forum: SparTalk
08-12-2009, 11:15 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 8,601
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Forum: SparTalk
08-11-2009, 10:47 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 8,601
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Forum: SparTalk
08-10-2009, 09:14 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,185
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Forum: SparTalk
08-08-2009, 11:44 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,185
Cleat Hitching -- Forms, style, etiquette?!
Recently I decided to take my D40 along to document the state of the practice
of random cleat hitching in a small, small-craft marina in Wildwood South Jersey.
(This is the southern part of "New"...
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Forum: SparTalk
08-08-2009, 11:21 AM
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Replies: 8
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