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Originally Posted by chrisrin
Does anyone have a picture of the davit fingers? I saw a couple pictures from the unveiling of the game, but they weren't from a great angle.
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Check Mark McLeod's earlier post. He has a good picture attached.
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Originally Posted by Mentor_Rick
1, I saw spectra and Dyneema/ Vectra mentioned ( all just different names for uhmw-pe) Tying knots in these are very difficult and not recommended in the least as they dont hold knots. In climbing situations if you use these materials they are sewn together or if they do have knots you MUST have very long tails as they can capsize. ( There are other issues with these materials that I would love to talk about if your interested)
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Yup. Frankly, I see no reason for teams to use Spectra, and a hwole lot of reasons not to.
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2, As for knot strength, the breaking strength of a knot is a function of the strength of the rope and the number and angle of the bend entering the knot, if you tie a knot and test to failure the cord almost always breaks at the knot. To this end the Figure 8 is the strongest knot you can use as it preserves the most amount of strength in the rope. If that is your concern this is your knot.
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Yes, but in this case, I don't think we're worried about the rope breaking so much as we're worried about the stopper knot slipping through the DAVIT, and so I don't think the Figure Eight is the best stopper to use in this case.
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3. A very simple stopper knot widely used is the Barrel knot. Used widely to finish off rappel ropes to save climbers from rappelling off the ends of their ropes. Its very simple easy to tie and untie and expands the diameter of your knot. This knot will be limited by the size cord you choose to use.
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I'm pretty sure I know what knot you're referring to, but can you provide an example of the barrel knot? I know several different knots that are all referred to as the barrel knot, and a Google search pulls up a whole host of knots all bearing that name.
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4. When tying different ropes together very few methods beat a double fishermen in terms of strength but this works best with cord of a circular cross section. If using webbing you will want to use a water knot.
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Yup. Though I honestly hope for their sakes that there aren't teams planning to use multiple sections of webbing as their Rope. That just sounds like asking for trouble.