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Originally Posted by Dan Lehman
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 significantly less than this when
knotted.
How amenable to using a (pre-made) splice is the intended use as
"a potential emergency halyard, or for hauling heavy items aboard,
or maybe for a trysail halyard at some point"?
Answer & figure by that (among other concerns).
--dl*
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We did some testing on soft shackles that use a diamond knot. The strength loss due to the knot was about 75%. In other words, compared to a splice, you might be talking about a line with only 1/4 of the strength if it is knotted. I am not saying our numbers relate to your situation, just to be careful.
Allen