Forum: SparTalk
04-30-2007, 07:30 AM
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Shrouds, probably
Welcome to the forum. Generally shrouds run from the mast to the sides of the boat. Stays run fore and aft (forestay and backstay). Hopefully, someone with catamaran experience will have more...
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Forum: SparTalk
12-29-2006, 06:11 PM
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Replies: 4
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That's clever
It works like a trucker's hitch then, but with the advantage of taking up some extra slack?
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Forum: SparTalk
12-29-2006, 08:35 AM
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Replies: 4
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Does anyone really use a sheepshank?
I just got a small knot book - The Sailor's Pocket Book of Knots (R.S.Lee) - to add to my collection. In it is the ubiquitous Sheepshank, a knot I learned as a Boy Scout and have never seen a use...
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Forum: SparTalk
12-06-2006, 12:45 PM
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Replies: 8
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Strength of Brummell Splice?
In (futilely) looking for the origin of the name of the Brummell splice, I ran across this in a thread on www.treebuzz.com:
"You want to use the standard eye splice techniques for making these. ( I...
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Forum: SparTalk
12-06-2006, 12:40 PM
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Replies: 2
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Could be either
There doesn't seem to be a lot of agreement on Brummell/brummel . Brummel seems to be common, but New England Ropes uses Brummell. I would think that the origin of the name would matter.
I've...
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Forum: SparTalk
10-30-2006, 12:05 PM
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Replies: 0
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Busy, busy
Last night (Sunday, 29 Oct) when I logged onto Spartalk at about 2230 CST, there were 105 non-members and 1 member viewing Spartalk. Anyone know what that was about? Did some other site have a...
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Forum: SparTalk
10-23-2006, 07:20 AM
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Replies: 1
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Bobstay info
Hi,
If you do a search of this forum on "bobstay", it will turn up a number of threads. Check the one called "Why not spectra" towards the bottom. Partway through that thread, several people,...
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Forum: SparTalk
08-28-2006, 08:39 AM
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Replies: 8
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Thanks for asking
Nick,
I'm glad you asked, because I had been thinking "deadeye". When I looked it up though, I finally found this:
www.simplicityboats.com/dumbsheave.html
Best Wishes,
Mike
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Forum: SparTalk
08-25-2006, 07:22 AM
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Replies: 4
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Possible source
JB -
This only addresses part of your question, but have you checked the catalog on this website under Rigging Materials? Brion carries tarred seine twine in sizes 30 through 60.
Best Wishes,
Mike
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Forum: SparTalk
03-15-2006, 08:53 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 3,535
Reference material
HI,
Sounds like you have a major project ahead of you. You mention not having any references; at the risk of stating the obvious, if you don't have a copy of The Complete Rigger's Apprentice by...
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Forum: SparTalk
11-22-2005, 11:10 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 4,421
Thanks
That's what I love about this forum.; there is always someone willing to share his/her practical experience with the knots that I have only read about and tied in my midwestern living room. ...
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Forum: SparTalk
11-21-2005, 08:34 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 4,421
puzzler knot question
In the November Puzzler, the handy-billy is attached to the upper shroud with a rolling hitch. Would the rolling hitch really hold without slipping under the (I'm guessing) substantial loads that...
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