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awetmore
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Response Posted - 10/01/2013 : 11:19:27

Splicing the line isn't being anal, it's just to make a more compact knot that more easily gets around the shrouds. It's not necessary and a bowline works, this setup just works better and is a fun winter project.

The soft shackle that I like is this one:
http://l-36.com/soft_shackle_9.php

They are easy to make, very strong, and easy to use.

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Ape-X
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Response Posted - 10/01/2013 : 14:13:15

Stinkpot: Couldn't that soft shackle shake out under flogging sail? Why not jsut the cow hitch: push the loop through the clew, thread both free ends back through the loop. I remove the sheets each season, and have been able to remove by hand, but understand how it could get too tight requiring a marlinspike.

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Response Posted - 10/01/2013 : 15:46:59

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by awetmore
 Splicing the line isn't being anal, it's just to make a more compact knot that more easily gets around the shrouds. It's not necessary and a bowline works, this setup just works better and is a fun winter project.

The soft shackle that I like is this one:
http://l-36.com/soft_shackle_9.php

They are easy to make, very strong, and easy to use.

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In my OCD world anal is not a pejorative just a description of a level of commitment to an outcome and splicing takes that.

Of course it would be a minimalist approach which would help in tacking, most people won't mess with it.

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Captmorgan
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Response Posted - 10/01/2013 : 17:59:19

It was a dgi quad copter with a go pro camera.

total set up is about 650. I borrowed it.
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<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by MikaDayputs
 Captmorgan:

What model of RC aircraft did you use to get those great aerial pictures? I'd like to do the same.
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Captmorgan
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Response Posted - 10/01/2013 : 18:00:54

Thanks for the picture dave very helpful

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Stinkpotter
 Here's a soft-shackle attachment. The single line that forms both sheets is folded in half, some whipping forms a loop (no splice is needed), and then the "shackle" (another whipped loop) is made inside the sheet loop. The sheet loop is pushed through the clew, and then the tails of the shackle are pushed through the loop.

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