knot problem

[baltic]

what knot should i use to fasten snap shackles to 8mm spinacher sheets

 

[sailorman]

what knot should i use to fasten snap shackles to 8mm spinacher sheets

i use a bowline or
http://www.animatedknots.com/buntli...ge=LogoGrog.jpg&Website=www.animatedknots.com
with more turns

 

[baltic]

thanks possibly whipping the tail back to the standing end

 

[sailorman]

thanks possibly whipping the tail back to the standing end

http://www.animatedknots.com/indexboating.php?LogoImage=LogoGrog.jpg&Website=www.animatedknots.com

 

[VicS]

I think I would like them with eye splices

 

[Malabar]

Eye splices are the best solution but only try to splice new braided rope. Otherwise I would use a buntline hitch.

 

[baltic]

so would i but im not overgood with braid on braid and fingers a bit stiff now Im fine with ordanary 3 strand

 

[prv]

I would splice.

Alternatives might be to look up that halyard knot that Selden recommend, or Sailorman's suggestion of a buntline hitch is interesting.

Pete

 

[Rum_Pirate]

what knot should i use to fasten snap shackles to 8mm spinacher sheets

 

[sailorman]

I would splice.

Alternatives might be to look up that halyard knot that Selden recommend, or Sailorman's suggestion of a buntline hitch is interesting.

Pete

that is how my halliard / shackles are made-off

 

[Simondjuk]

I would splice.

Alternatives might be to look up that halyard knot that Selden recommend

Pete

That's what I use. Does it have a name? If not, it needs one. It can't just be called the Selden knot.

 

[Fantasie 19]

...and for the less knot-adept I would use a round turn and two half hitches, or an anchor hitch if i wanted the extra security...

 

[ghostlymoron]

That's what I use. Does it have a name? If not, it needs one. It can't just be called the Selden knot.

Yes. It's called the Halyard Knot. I think the buntline hitch would be slightly better on a sheet as it's more resistant to flogging.

 

[Simondjuk]

It's that simple, is it?

As for a different knot being more resistant to flogging, surely that's not possible and there's only so much flog resistance anything needs anyway. Have you ever tried to get a halyard knot undone? It's nigh on impossible if not actually so.

 

[ghostlymoron]

If it's been used under tension (which it probably will be) you have to cut it off. I only tie it once a year so lose a few inches off my halyards each year. This is not a bad thing as it also moves the compression point over the sheave each year. By the time I've run out of halyard length, they will need replacing anyway.

 

[baltic]

thanks folks ive gone for the buntlin and whiped the tail to the standing end