the 'todays job' thread

[Mark Bolam]

Lovely work.

Pretty pointless imo as well as yours, but very tidy.

 

Joe, were you using rings or a block?

Did the groundie stop it dead?

[Mick Dempsey]

1 minute ago, Mark Bolam said:

 

Did the groundie stop it dead?

The Americans have a word for that (holding a pice of rigging without running it) they call it ‘snubbing’ which I think works well.

[Joe Newton]

9 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

Lovely work.

Pretty pointless imo as well as yours, but very tidy.

 

Joe, were you using rings or a block?

Did the groundie stop it dead?

Using a block mate, don't really see the need for rings most of the time.

 

It was the last rig before I had to chog down,  so he wouldn't have been able to let it run more than a few feet. 

[Joe Newton]

9 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

The Americans have a word for that (holding a pice of rigging without running it) they call it ‘snubbing’ which I think works well.

What's the reason unless like in my situation you have no space to let it run?

[Mick Dempsey]

4 minutes ago, Joe Newton said:

What's the reason unless like in my situation you have no space to let it run?

Why let it run if it’s not too heavy? Hold it firm till it stops swinging then lower it with no drama.

[Mark Bolam]

Yeah, we lock stuff off all the time if we need to.

 

Sounds like there wasn’t much else you could do tbf Joe, as you say must be a CTF thing.

Glad you only bust the inside of your pants.

[waterbuoy]

Snubbing is a phrase used for many types of rope work - particularly that relating to horses and boats - it relates to checking the initial movement by simply taking a turn on the rope round a post or similar (RCS?) but then letting it run in a controlled manner once the dynamic energy has been absorbed (I think!).  Different to making fast, which involves tying off etc.

 

We use it when a boat comes alongside as it allows the boat's movement to be checked using a single cleat and, once that has been done, any remaining kinetic energy can be used to fine tune the position of the boat by easing the line accordingly.

[Joe Newton]

4 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Why let it run if it’s not too heavy? Hold it firm till it stops swinging then lower it with no drama.

Why rig little gay pieces when you could do it in fewer rigs and break your deadeye oh wait...

[Mick Dempsey]

1 minute ago, waterbuoy said:

Snubbing is a phrase used for many types of rope work - particularly that relating to horses and boats - it relates to checking the initial movement by simply taking a turn on the rope round a post or similar (RCS?) but then letting it run in a controlled manner once the dynamic energy has been absorbed (I think!).  Different to making fast, which involves tying off etc.

 

We use it when a boat comes alongside as it allows the boat's movement to be checked using a single cleat and, once that has been done, any remaining kinetic energy can be used to fine tune the position of the boat by easing the line accordingly.

Good info, thanks.

[Joe Newton]

1 minute ago, Mark Bolam said:

Yeah, we lock stuff off all the time if we need to.

 

Sounds like there wasn’t much else you could do tbf Joe, as you say must be a CTF thing.

Glad you only bust the inside of your pants.

Could've chogged it all onto the patch of lawn behind if I'd needed to. There was a decent chance of a round bouncing and fucking off through a fence or chicken coop though.