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    Quote Originally Posted by ikemouser View Post
    Haha my bad teedee! I'm gonna do the same thing with my fig 9-that is replace it with some kind of nacra biner. Right now I have my tarps permenately attached to the continuous ridgeline via tiny continuous loops in a 5 wrap prussic configuration. I need to get thAt fig 9 replaced with something similar to what you are doing but I am worried about not being able to get enough torque to really get it tight like a guitar string. With the fig 9 I can really crank it down.
    this is how i do my tarp ridge.i can easily get it as tight as if using a figure 9.in fact this works the same basic way.allmost as easy

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    edit..sorry this does not relate to nacrabiners oops
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    Nice! I like it. Good diagram too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TeeDee View Post
    I have experimented with a Solomon Bar knot, tied around the Prussic loop that I can slide the length of the loop.
    I like this idea... seems like it would be too slippery, though.
    Are your nacrabiner and Solomon Bar knot made from the same kind of rope?
    How many half knots did you use in your Solomon Bar knot?
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    Quote Originally Posted by asimmons4 View Post
    Easy method to not lose the nacrabiner... just larkshead the nacra to the whoopie, when pulled tight it won't move, but if you wish to adjust it can slide along, that way you can keep track of them!
    *****UPDATE******
    THIS ENDED UP TWISTING MY WHOOPIE AND ONCE LOADED WAS VERY HARD TO MOVE. IT PUT ME ON MY BUTT BECAUSE I WASN'T CAREFUL... I changed so that my nacra replaces the toggle for the marlin spike hitch and then connected the whoopie secured in the nacra! But now my marlin spike hitch holds the nacra in place

    Or you could make the nacra and have the whoopie threaded through before you put on the stopper knot. This would work ok
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    Quote Originally Posted by ikemouser View Post
    Haha my bad teedee! I'm gonna do the same thing with my fig 9-that is replace it with some kind of nacra biner. Right now I have my tarps permenately attached to the continuous ridgeline via tiny continuous loops in a 5 wrap prussic configuration. I need to get thAt fig 9 replaced with something similar to what you are doing but I am worried about not being able to get enough torque to really get it tight like a guitar string. With the fig 9 I can really crank it down.
    I can pull harder using the Prussics and toggle than I can with the Figure 9.

    With the Figure 9, I have to grasp the cord in my hand and since I use 1.75 mm Lash-It, it digs into my hand as soon as I exert force. Pull too hard and it gets painful. Feels like trying to cut off one or more fingers with the Lash-It.

    With the Prussics and toggle, I use the toggle as a handle and can exert a lot more force without any pain.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MacEntyre View Post
    I like this idea... seems like it would be too slippery, though.
    Are your nacrabiner and Solomon Bar knot made from the same kind of rope?
    How many half knots did you use in your Solomon Bar knot?
    I regularly use 1.75 mm Lash-It Prussics on 1.75 mm Lash-It no problem.

    So I have always just used the 1.75 mm Lash-It for the Solomon Bar, even on the 1.75 mm Lash-It that I use for my Bridge Hammock ridge line.

    There really isn't much force on the Solomon Bar. It is just keeping the loop closed when there isn't any load. When there is a load, the load itself keeps the loop closed.

    How many knots? Depends on how long the loop is and how many I feel like tying. I don't think I have used more than maybe 6. Just enough to get a nice, neat Solomon Bar.

    It slides nicely. Sometimes I need to push firmly initially to get a slide started and then just continuous, firm pressure. The initial firm pressure is only needed if the Solomon Bar has been in place for a long time and the Samthane coating on the Lash-It starts sticking good to the Samthane coating on the loop cord.

    I like it. The Solomon Bar stays in place well and looks really neat.

    I call the Solomon Bar sliders "Scarabs", since they look like little beetles sitting on the cord.
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    Made a couple of nacrabiners today and attached to various and sundry. Making them went well, still having some difficulty with the lanyard knot. What length of line are folks starting with? I've started at 16" and may go even longer , maybe 20"?


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    Quote Originally Posted by NCPatrick View Post
    ...still having some difficulty with the lanyard knot.
    Ashley's #781 picture on page 140 is good.
    Quote Originally Posted by NCPatrick View Post
    What length of line are folks starting with?
    24" to end up with an 8" loop shackle.
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    Thanks Mac!


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    Making them went well, still having some difficulty with the lanyard knot.
    This sorted me with the knot-I think its the same one. I hope so, iv'e tied all my Nacra's with it.

    http://www.marinews.com/Sailors-Knif...d-Knot-784.php

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