I have gotten along fine with "anchor bend" knots to hold our hi-tech halyards to their snap shackles for over a decade. This week I started the little project of bringing the halyards down one at a time to run them gently through the wash.
(Cold water, mild soap, thorough rinse, and air drying...)
In looking around the 'net for other knots for this and just for confirmation, if nothing else... I found the sequence shown here.
Looks to be about as "easy" on the sharp bend in the line as the present idea, but has one turn around the bale rather than the two that the Anchor Hitch uses.
This looks a bit better to my untrained eye. Although i'm not sure why - just tidier, I guess.
Any thoughts?
I like any hitch that gives a firm non-jamming stop when the halyard is fully hoisted. Splices are not good for this stuff as the "bury" part with the fat section can jam in the sheave at the top of the mast under enough winching effort.
BTW, the "breaking strength" of any of these halyards is way beyond any concern about a knot "reducing the strength by XX %". At least IMHO.
Here's another site, with a similar knot.
http://www.animatedknots.com/halyard/index.php?LogoImage=LogoGrog.jpg&Website=www.animatedknots.com
Thanks, as always,
Loren
(Cold water, mild soap, thorough rinse, and air drying...)
In looking around the 'net for other knots for this and just for confirmation, if nothing else... I found the sequence shown here.
Looks to be about as "easy" on the sharp bend in the line as the present idea, but has one turn around the bale rather than the two that the Anchor Hitch uses.
This looks a bit better to my untrained eye. Although i'm not sure why - just tidier, I guess.
Any thoughts?
I like any hitch that gives a firm non-jamming stop when the halyard is fully hoisted. Splices are not good for this stuff as the "bury" part with the fat section can jam in the sheave at the top of the mast under enough winching effort.
BTW, the "breaking strength" of any of these halyards is way beyond any concern about a knot "reducing the strength by XX %". At least IMHO.
Here's another site, with a similar knot.
http://www.animatedknots.com/halyard/index.php?LogoImage=LogoGrog.jpg&Website=www.animatedknots.com
Thanks, as always,
Loren
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