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Originally Posted by Jack
The Icelanders have been at the front edge of new and amazing advances in rope technology.
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I remarked at this assertion in that URLinked story on rigging with HMPE:
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while a Bowline will reduce a line's potential by 20-30%."
That should be "
to" vice "by"--severe weakening (if it holds to prove it)!
(Do the Icelanders do some testing?)
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We have used Dux as well as different versions of spectra covered and uncovered for over 5 years now in the toughest conditions year around in the Bearing Sea.
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What knots do you use (and how/where) in your commercial fishing?
:-)