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Originally Posted by Renoir
I am disappointed that the carrick bend did not get evaluated as it is perhaps the strongest bend to use when attaching lines together and I have used it many times without failure. This bend is easy to tie and easy to break loose even after a really strong pull and shock load.
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How did you come to this assertion?
Most tests would show the Grapevine to be much stronger. (Hence my surprise at SAIL's.)
The Carrick is used/favored, so I hear, in the hard-laid (read STIFF) ropes used for the
big crab pots (6-800# empty!) out from Alaska; I think that Rosendahl's bend would make
a good candidate for that, too.
For Carrick-like performance (but stronger, I'd think, a little), try Ashley's bend #1425 or
1452--this latter being much more secure when slack.
--dl*
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