Knots
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Topic: Knots
Posted By: about a boat
Subject: Knots
Date Posted: 16 May 16 at 2:47pm
| So what is the best knot to tie a bit of rope to a bungee cord? |
Replies:
Posted By: zippyRN
Date Posted: 16 May 16 at 2:52pm
| sheet bend (doubled if necessary) is the traditional recommendation for joining dissimilar ropes ( reef knot being more suited to similar ropes) |
Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 16 May 16 at 3:33pm
| It depends, but I'd most likely use a fisherman's knot, but if it were going to be permanent consider a seized or sewn loop in the shock cord and an eye splice in the rope. |
Posted By: realnutter
Date Posted: 16 May 16 at 6:15pm
A sewn loop in the shock cord, with a piece of heatshrink tubing over it to keep it tidy: |
Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 16 May 16 at 6:51pm
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If temporary, agree with double sheetbend. ------------- Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686 |
Posted By: transient
Date Posted: 17 May 16 at 7:23am
| When sailing in potential shallows I put a doubled up length of shockcord in my rudder downhaul. The double sheetbend has always done the job well. |
Posted By: about a boat
Date Posted: 17 May 16 at 1:15pm
| Thanks. It will be permanent as it will be inside the mast. Tried sewing a loop last night. God was it hard to get the needle through! Gave up. The double sheet bend holds up well as the bungee contracts on the other line when pulled tight. |
Posted By: Presuming Ed
Date Posted: 17 May 16 at 1:23pm
| Chinese finger trap the shock cord inside the cover, secure with a couple of sewn whippings? |
Posted By: iGRF
Date Posted: 18 May 16 at 12:24pm
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Posted By: Brass
Date Posted: 18 May 16 at 1:21pm
More half hitches. If you can't do knots do lots. Plastic tape over the top of everything.
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Posted By: jeffers
Date Posted: 18 May 16 at 3:25pm
Is that a polite way of telling him to get knotted?  ------------- Paul ---------------------- D-Zero GBR 74 |
Posted By: 423zero
Date Posted: 18 May 16 at 5:50pm
| If snagging not an issue, I use cable ties to hold loose ends. |
Posted By: Riv
Date Posted: 18 May 16 at 10:26pm
| I'd go with the Fisherman's knot. Easy to tie, never let me dowm and then some tape over the ends to tidy it up |
Posted By: Brass
Date Posted: 18 May 16 at 11:53pm
Perish the thought. I just think that sometimes people should agree with Grumps and be nice to him. It leaves him wrong-footed.
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