whats wrong with my whoopies?

[SilvrSurfr]

Wait a sec, it looks like you don't have a fixed loop/locked brummel where it attaches to the hammock. That looks like an adjustable loop in section 1 (albeit a small one) and the thing sticking out is the tail that's been backspliced (which explains why you have a bead in a fixed loop which is really an adjustable loop).

I'm not saying this is why your whoopies are slipping - I'm just saying that should be a fixed loop, not adjustable. Here's Opie's locked brummel pictoral. This should be the first thing you do when making a whoopie sling, then the adjustable loop and bury.

http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/s...ummel+pictoral

The way you have it made, that adjustable loop on the hammock is bound to slip - the forces exerted on it are backward.

[HamMike]

Wait a sec, it looks like you don't have a fixed loop/locked brummel where it attaches to the hammock. That looks like an adjustable loop in section 1 (albeit a small one) and the thing sticking out is the tail that's been backspliced (which explains why you have a bead in a fixed loop which is really an adjustable loop).

I'm not saying this is why your whoopies are slipping - I'm just saying that should be a fixed loop, not adjustable. Here's Opie's locked brummel pictoral. This should be the first thing you do when making a whoopie sling, then the adjustable loop and bury.

The way you have it made, that adjustable loop on the hammock is bound to slip - the forces exerted on it are backward.

I was just getting ready to comment on that too. Prob good idea to just cut off that piece sticking out, undo the bury, and tie yourself off a fixed loop by making a bowline or something and larkshead it back on your hammock. Just to clean it up. Always cool to fool around with splicing and learn the locked brummel too.

[MDSH]

Just curious: where did you get the material and is it coated with anything slippery?

Mike

[wilder setx]

thank you so much for all your help and sugestions.

Wilder, looks like you have a TurtleDog Stand. Would you like me to add it to the list?

yes thank you

Here's Opie's locked brummel pictoral. This should be the first thing you do when making a whoopie sling, then the adjustable loop and bury.

http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/s...ummel+pictoral

The way you have it made, that adjustable loop on the hammock is bound to slip - the forces exerted on it are backward.

that helped a lot; ill try that

Just curious: where did you get the material and is it coated with anything slippery?

Mike

Redden Marine Supply, i guess its just the light

I've always used a slippery half hitch at the end of my bury, mostly to get any extra line off the ground and to create a nice drip point for any rain.

ill try that thank you