Re: Endless rope loops
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Scott SV Tengah
Perhaps it's different on a Super Maramu, but the loops on a 54 are definitely not simple spliced loops. When I opened mine to figure out how it was made, there were, if I recall correctly, at least 4 loops in there. So similar to legs of lashing, the more legs, the more strength. So the loops on my 54 are definitely stronger than 2x line strength. To answer Paul's previous question, I decided to replicate the multiple loops of white/gray dyneema with the black dyneema chafe sleeve over it. My reasoning is that all of the loops I have replaced were due to the dyneema sleeve chafing through rather than the multiple loops inside breaking. That implies to me that the application is subject to some movement/chafing and a black cover on white internals makes it very easy to see when the loop needs to be replaced. If it was unprotected, I would have to more closely inspect for evidence of chafing. Bill - how do you figure 400% theoretical and 300% tested on the soft shackle that you linked? In the written description that the video's author wrote, he tested it at 230% line strength, which is better than the typical 170% breaking strength of a regular diamond knot soft shackle, but not 400% theoretical/300% tested? The limiting factor is not the legs, but the eye, which you cannot eliminate. On Fri, Mar 4, 2022 at 6:26 PM Bill Kinney <cruisingconsulting@...> wrote: A properly made soft shackle will be stronger than a single loop. For reasons that I don't understand, a rigger would call a simple spliced loop of line a "gasket." |
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