Soft Halyard or Line Shackle

[allene]

First, to insert an image, you click on the insert image icon and give a web address where the picture is. It has to be a web address ending in jpg so I don't think you can use a flicker image. Google plus images work if you open them in a new tab and then use that url.

The issue Brion and I have with your reported results is that they are so far from our experience. Roughly a soft shackle is about line strength. Well, it may be higher than that and probably is but not double. Since the load is shared with two sides of the loop, that means that the strength of each end is somewhat above 1/2 of line strength. But you are seeing something close to line strength and breaking the line to prove it. That would mean that the string of diamond knots that are beyond the knot under load are increasing the strength considerably. Possible and if true something we want to understand as it may have implications for making soft shackles stronger. So we want to see pictures of your setup to see if anything pops out. You may have discovered something significant.