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julesmoto said..Ramona said..
With 3 and 4mm dyneena if you don't want to use a bowline a figure 8 loop saturated with epoxy would be a good alternative. Just a straight figure of 8 loop in 3mm does not seem to pull through.
It is interesting to hear that people are using knots in conjunction with epoxy.
I only use a figure eight knot as a stopper knot. Are there other uses for it? Most importantly in standing rigging? Also I think I would be using 5 mm for. standing rigging.
Actually I've done a lot of googling and I am getting rather annoyed at the accuracy of information about creep available for various brands. Marlow for example says that their DM20 should be used for standing rigging and that it has NO creep. When one looks at their own specifications however in the same document the creep is given as "less than 1%". 1% is a hell of a lot in standing rigging. Some people are claiming 0.7% for SK78 which is supposed to have more stretch than SK99 let alone dm20.
Furthermore a graph is necessary as 1% is meaningless unless it is given in relation to a percentage of breaking strain or safe working load or something AND that particular percentage happens to correspond with what you intend to use for your standing ringing.
I have used epoxy to saturate bends and hitches and whippings for 40 years or more. Seamen don't tie knots! Whippings especially smeared with Araldite and then heated with a hot air gun as it's rotated makes a superb job. The figure of 8 loop I used on the boom vang of my Finn.
julesmoto
> 9 months ago, 29 May 2024
