Forum: SparTalk
05-06-2014, 03:49 PM
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Don't hitch to the bails
If you're going to directly connect your dyneema lifeline to your pulpit, don't ring hitch to the bail. Ring hitch to the nice fat stainless steel tube. Place the hitch inside the bail, so it can't...
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Forum: SparTalk
10-22-2012, 11:15 AM
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Replies: 5
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More Soft Shackle Instructions
SparTalk member allene has a nice set of instructions for a hybrid design, combining elements of the Colligo and Kohlhoff style soft shackles, at http://l-36.com/soft_shackle_9.php
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Forum: SparTalk
01-11-2011, 07:27 PM
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Replies: 6
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Tuff-Gel is no more
Bad news, USS had discontinued Tuff-Gel. See http://www.tef-gel.com/contain.php?param=tuffgel_infor#.
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Forum: SparTalk
12-22-2010, 05:14 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 22,898
More on Soft Shackles
Cam,
Thanks for the link. Lots of neat solutions are shown there.
Peter,
You can practice with any hollow single braid rope with a good hand. If you have any Regatta Braid or Tenex lying...
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Forum: SparTalk
12-20-2010, 04:11 PM
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Replies: 13
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Soft shackle options
Peter,
Soft shackles are very flexible* in that you can build them to suit your purpose. Your suggested method of a long soft shackle seized to an eye-splice will work, but you have other...
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Forum: SparTalk
12-21-2007, 03:43 PM
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Replies: 3
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An update
When I mentioned to a friend my questions about the best design for a soft shackle, he replied that I should simply duplicate the commercially available design. When I went "Huh? I don't know of...
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Forum: SparTalk
12-19-2007, 09:32 PM
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Replies: 3
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Soft Shackles
I'm not talking about loupes or grommets, but a ropework loop formed from a line with an eye at one end and a knob at the other which you can "unbutton" to open and "button up" again to close. This...
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Forum: SparTalk
09-13-2006, 03:58 PM
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Replies: 2
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Chafe cover for UHMW
I'm replacing the 'fixed' portion of a running backstay with fiber. I'll be using 12 strand braided UHMW (spectra/dynamee) line and plan to create a soft eye at each end to cow hitch (luggage tag) to...
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