Lashing : tutorial With a lashing, you can do anything: replace block shackles, Jackline turnbuckles or even standing rigging ones. This practical tutorial with videos, teaches you the basics of lashing and provides several methods to accomplish them, with plenty of tips to help you ! Lashing : The basics A lashing with a Dyneema®…
Install and check guard lines Installation and checking the Jacklines How to install Jacklines (fixing points, length, tension, etc.) ? Which points need checking to verify their condition of wear? Is there an alternative to the conventional polyester strap? This file has to be read carefully; your life depends on it ! Jacklines: what we…
Stitching on a splice: tutorial “Why complicate things when they can be made simple?”this could sum up this video tutorial that shows how to make a stitch step by step. Quick and easy to do, the sewing stitch replaces whipping to lock a splice that is not submitted to load. » Whipping a splice: a bad…
Splicing without a needle: tutorial Splicing without a needle To begin, as per the title, this video tutorial shows an ultra-practical and simple technique to splice a hollow braid without a needle. Adhesive tape is all you need to save the day, if you have forgotten your splicing kit. With her deep, smooth and sensual…
L’aiguille à épisser à long chas | Tuto matelotage Aiguille à épisser à long chas, mode d’emploi L’aiguille à épisser à long chas n’est pas une curiosité réservée aux mateloteurs confirmés mais un outil très pratique et à la portée de tous. Simple tige métallique pliée en deux et équipée d’une poignée, l’aiguille à long chas permet de réaliser…
Which Dyneema® braid for which use ? Are you looking for a Dyneema® braid, but you don’t know which one to choose? Follow the purchase guide and find the product suitable for the rope’s use: lashings, loops, textile shackles, strops, cascade mounted block and tackles, standing rigging… Technique lovers, or those who wish to try,…
Rope work tutorial : The locked splice Locked splice, that you may know as “New Zealand” splice is a very common technique. Splicers of all sorts of fibres appreciate its ease and fast realisation. But be careful: For to be solid, the locked splice must not be rushed. Cross overs, spliced length, choice of Dyneema®…
Dyneema, tell me what you are! Like “Kleenex, Scotch or Frigidaire”, Dyneema is a commercial brand name, a pretty little name, much sexier than “high modulus polyethylene”, the petroleum that it refers to. Dyneema has been commercialized since 1990 by the Dutch company DSM, which controls the fabrication process under license. In the United States,…
Rope twisting Humans are not the only ones that get into a twist! Ropes are particularly good at this. Surprisingly, this type of behaviour is not common across the Channel. British ropes, on the other hand, tend to twist which makes sailors sing a lot. In other word, to put it straight, this video is…
Purchase guide 1/4 How to choose your dock lines ? In the rope category, dock lines, also known as mooring lines or hawsers, are not the star products of the rope family. Yet, with so many fancy names, the must play an important role.Which dock lines should you choose for your boat? First, we examine the…
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