Hi all, this is good basic stuff but there are some problems: I believe braded cored rope can be eye spliced, and probably spliced end to end although much strength will be lost.
when calculating the necessary strength of a rope you must take in to account that any sharp bend or splice will probably halve the working strength of the line. I almost never see natural ropes used on sail boats at least around here any more, they're just too short lived. Perhaps if our idiotic government allowed production of hemp line it would remain popular. If whipping braded cored line, you need to stitch through both brade and core to keep from having the core, which has less stretch than the brade, move up inside the core and thus give you a hollow braded line that is much weaker. A trick to make a bowline knot that is more secure for long term use under stress is to leave a few inches of extra line free beyond the knot and tie a half hitch in it where it protrudes from the bowline. Won't shake loose as readilly as can just the bowline. More detail than anybody wants, but not even started. I've read many attempts at text discriptions of how to tie knots and most of them only help if you allready know how. Only way to learn knots for a bat is to be shown. Tom Net-Tamer V 1.13 Beta - Registered To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
