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Re: Rope Rule question

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Originally Posted by rich2202 View Post
Before I ask on the Q&A, what are your thoughts on:

Rope - Loop
I04 When “measured end to end” for a looped rope, is that “as looped”, or before looping? Can I have a 10 ft rope, when looped, is only 7 feet long?

Rope - DAVITS
I04 Is there a limit on how much of the rope can be above the DAVITS point? For purposes of min/max length, should it be measured from the DAVITS point, and not the “end “?

If I wanted 2 feet to hang below the DAVITS point, I could put 3 feet of the Rope above the DAVITS Interface.
This is also something I am interested in. The bit that gets me in "be designed/configured to be at least 5ft. 3 in. / to not exceed a length of 8 ft." is the "configured" bit. This says to me that knots and loops might not count toward length (as if you were following individual rope fibers down the rope length), but rather if you just stretch your rope out, whatever ruler length next to it you need is the length (maybe).
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