The block that ATN sells is just a ratchet block with a snap shackle, so you can't open it. According to their website picture you should be able to undo a knot and pass it through...
http://www.atninc.com/images/products/snap-ratchet2.jpg On 14 September 2013 10:38, Indigo <[email protected]> wrote: > Ron > If you truly have a snatch block you should be able to find a way to open > it and put the line round the sheave without cutting the line. My new > Garhauer snatch block has a plunger that you pull and then one cheek > swivels to expose the sheave. My old "no name" snatch blocks have a spring > loaded clasp that can be opened to expose the sheave. I am not familiar > with Harken's design > > -- > Jonathan > Indigo C&C 35III > SOUTHPORT CT > > On Sep 14, 2013, at 12:50, Ron Kaye <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Following advice of several sages on this list and thank you, we got an > aspin with ATN sleeve. I also got the ratcheted snatch block that ATN > sells to help with the dousing process. > > > > So we are stringing this all up and got stuck on a detail. How to get > the snatch block integrated with the dousing line that runs up the sleeve? > That line is a continuous loop and whipped nicely where it attaches to the > lines on the collar. I don't really think the idea is to cut those nice > knots? > > > > The block is Harken and appears to be constructed such that > disassembling would require special tools. > > > > Is there an easy way out of this? > > > > Thanks > > > > Ron & Lisa > > 35/3 > > To be renamed. > > _______________________________________________ > > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] > -- Jim Watts Paradigm Shift C&C 35 Mk III Victoria, BC
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