Re: Braided Rope with an eye splice

Duncan Heenan wrote:

"Ronald Raygun" <no.spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote

Strength is not the limiting factor, space is.

Fair enough in your case, but I was simply answering the "neater and
stronger" assertion.

It needs to fit in to a
very tight space where a know would (k)not!

Can you explain why? I would have thought a splice would take up more
length than a knot.

My travellers don't use control lines, hence the question.
Know best? Me? Can't think why you'd gain that impression!

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