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Re: Best Stopper Knots for Team Supplied Knots

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Originally Posted by Ether View Post




Yes what?

Yes the splice itself meets the definition of a rope.. and therefore it's OK that part of the splice extends more than 2” below the davit fingers?

or

Yes the splice is a retaining feature... and therefore is not allowed to extend more than 2” below the davit fingers?



Hmm... the more I read that now, I think there was a mistake or a typo in the response to Q342. According to my interpretation of the rules and the updates and the relevant Q&A responses, since a splice is itself a rope from the definition of the rope, a splice can extend more than 2" from the bottom of the DAVITS fingers. However, as you noticed, the response states that:
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any retaining feature may extend up to 2 in. below the DAVIT fingers.
However, in that same sentence, they reference I04:
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be configured such that it engages securely with the FIELD. with a Retaining Feature (RF) that
does not extend more than 2 in. (~5 cm) below the DAVIT fingers.
Am I just misreading something, or is the response to Q342 contain a typo?

And thanks for pointing that out, Ether!
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