[TowerTalk] Need a Knot Expert

[Glenn Pritchard]

Try the Boy Scouts....

Glenn, VA7UO

On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 12:34 PM jimlux <jimlux at earthlink.net> wrote:

> On 11/27/19 10:35 AM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote:
> > On 11/27/2019 7:44 AM, jimlux wrote:
> >
> >> Or a figure 8 on a doubled rope.
> >>
> >
> > I am NOT a knot expert.
> >
> > That is why I can highly recommend the figure 8
> > knot in general, and specifically here
> > with a doubled rope, and specifically
> > with 3/16 inch dacron rope.  I have
> > tied hundreds of these.  I use the
> > figure 8 for everything.  I don't need
> > to be an expert to tie it.
>
> Exactly..
>
> >
> > I could never learn to correctly tie
> > a bowline.  The mnemonic such as the
> > rabbit comes out of the hole, goes
> > around the tree, and goes into the
> > hole doesn't uniquely describe a
> > bow line.
>
> And, worst of all, you might meet your demise at the jaws of a big fish
> named Bruce.
>
>
>   The figure 8 is completely
> > fool proof, doesn't untie itself, yet I
> > can always get it untied.
> >
> > It is easy to double up the rope and tie
> > a figure 8 with a loop as the original
> > post asked.  But what if the loop has to
> > good around a tower leg, etc?  You can't
> > just tie the loop and drop it over the
> > tower leg since the bracing gets in the
> > way.  However, if you are clever, you
> > still tie the loop around the leg and the
> > end result looks just like you had
> > dropped it over the leg.  Too complicated
> > to explain here how to actually do it.
>
>
> Make a loose single figure 8 with a long free end.
> Take the end of the free end and follow the rope back through the figure 8.
>
> As a check, take a doubled rope and tie a figure8 (to make a loop).
> Check if it looks right.
>
> That is the huge virtue of the figure 8 - It has a specific, simple
> look, and if you're unsure, you can untie and retie. And, it has a shape
> that is easy to feel in the dark.
>
> Between the figure 8 and a variety of half hitches (some with multiple
> turns), you can do just about anything you need.
>
>
>
> >
> >
> > Rick N6RK
> >
> >
>
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