That would be a taught-line hitch or rolling hitch. It works well for tarps and tent flys, but I prefer the trucker's hitch for the boats or anything that really has to stay put. Daniel >Seems to me like I've seen something that holds under tension, yet can be slid >more open or closed when the line is slack...sort of a hangman's knot-looking >thing. My Mariner Express' deck rigging had something like that. > >I'd look it up, but need a name to search on. >Anybody got a name? ************************ Daniel Key UW ACMS dtheman_at_u.washington.edu ************************ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Oct 16 2000 - 19:33:28 PDT
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