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Originally Posted by sthompson
I've been trying to puzzle out whether there is a quick and easy way to knot a single or multiple small flags to the middle of a flag halyard.
...Something that lets the halyard take most of the strain rather than the flag would be best I suppose.
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If there is a relatively snug fit of line through grommet,
then you could simply tie Overhand (loop)knots qua stoppers
to keep the flag attached. (Slip knots would work if you let
the flag assume tension between knots--voiding your last condition.)
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It then occurs to me that one can use paired Slip knots / Overhand Nooses,
where, from the perspective of the line
between grommets (desired by last
condition to take tension vs. flag), Slip Knots are tied at each end with their
slip-bights inserted through the grommets, to then be tied as Slip knots
vis-a-vis the line
away from the flag ends (or, to be tied then as
Overhand loopknots as first described). The result is like having two
Fisherman's loopknots mid-line, with the Overhand components of these
separated on either side of the grommet(s); this will better secure the
flag to the knotted position, perhaps, than the top solution.
--dl*
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