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Mr Strohm, You can not pass a knot through a pulley or block unless you are using a knot passing pulley, block or carriage. There are two variations on the figure eight, the figure eight follow through and the figure eight on a bight. Of course, a large diameter rope will result in a large knot. We are talking about cave line here, small stuff, right? Please tell me what knot is as strong, is as easy to tie/untie and has a low profile. Will you stake your life on it? You don't need an encyclopedia of knots, you'll lose your mind. It's best to leave that on the coffee table for company to look at unless you want to embellish your yacht with knotcraft. Most people that depend on knots use only a core group of about 5 knots, with only a few knots you can cover just about any situation. Erik sumpcaver@at*.ne* > I've never seen a figure eight knot used to attach something to something > else. I've always seen it to make a "lump" in the end of a line, to keep it > from slipping through e.g. a block (pulley). > > Any good boat store will have at least one good book on knots and their > applications. Best Publishing sells at least one, possibly two or three. > Royce's "Sailing Illustrated" (a very old, very good book on all aspects of > sailing and sailboats) had an excellent chapter on knots and appropriate > applications. The Boy Scout Handbook USED to have some very good > information on the subject, but I haven't seen a Boy Scout Handbook in over > twenty years. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: erik tesnau <sumpcaver@wo*.at*.ne*> > To: Christopher Brown <hokiediver@ya*.co*>; <techdiver@aquanaut.com> > Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 11:30 AM > Subject: Re: DIR knots > > > > Probably not DIR but here's what I use... > > > > Figure eight. > > > > Very fast to tie, secondary in strength only to figure nine. You can tie > > the eight easily underwater even without seeing it. It will not unravel > or > > creep like other knots will. If it does not look pretty and clean you did > > something wrong - retie it. An added bonus is that it is easy to untie if > > needed, even after being loaded. If you are uncomfortable with that, you > > can always back it up with a fishermans knot. > > > > I rock climb and vertical cave and use several types of knots, this is one > > knot you can bet your life on. > > > > There are a lot of knot sites on the web... > > > > Erik > > sumpcaver@at*.ne* > > > > > > > > > Can someone point me to the DIR knot for attaching > > > reels to its hardware (i.e. snaps)? Maybe a picture > > > or a name of the knot? > > > > > > > > > Chris Brown > > > Suffolk, VA > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. > > > http://personals.yahoo.com > > > -- > > > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > > > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > > > > > > -- > > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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