GIF of rigging tackle—-very cool

[Tom Dunlap]

This is an article I found fifteen or twenty years ago

The gifs are amazing

While I was looking at them I saw the Double Whip Tackle and it gave me an idea about using it in the tree. First I mocked it up in my garage with sash cord, pulleys and key chain biners. It was evident right away that this was going to work.

By choosing strategic anchor points it allows the pieces to drift around and not Hangup on lower limbs

Having a 3:1 MA makes it easy to do some branch lifting that isn’t possible with a typical doubled rope setup.

Sailing Smacks Tackles; Their types, use and power statistics

Rope Tackles and Velocity and Power Ratio Tables

www.smackdock.co.uk

 

[chris_girard]

Thanks for the info Tom!

 

[Lupin_IV]

Good share. Feel like you’re always sharing pages from the informational glory days of the internet. I sure miss that format.

 

[Tom Dunlap]

Good share. Feel like you’re always sharing pages from the informational glory days of the internet. I sure miss that format.

There was solid content. Now there is so much fluff that has to be waded through.

 

[Muggs]

Double whip tackle is the basis of modern double-blocking and span rigging technique. Great page there Tom.

 

[Tom Dunlap]

Something I don’t understand is why words and names that have been functional for years get changed

Why did double whip tackle get changed. Jason Blake’s eponymous hitch seems to have started something.

You can call me Johnson


Look it up

 

[Muggs]

Blake originally called it the Gripper hitch, not sure if it was him or others who later named it the Blake's hitch...

 

[chris_girard]

Don Blair was talking to Jason Blake about his knot, back when Jason was making and selling his knot video and told him that he might as well get famous naming the knot after himself, because he sure as heck wasn't going to get rich selling a video.

 

[Muggs]

Such a terrible video too, the one he was selling for $50 to teach the hitch. Jeff sent me a copy last year. I was going to digitize it and put it up but it's so bad I changed my mind.

 

[chris_girard]

I am hoping that when we rewrite the TCIA BMP Rigging Manual, things like renaming well established rigging terms will be addressed. It will be my intent to clarify the terms better than what we have done so far and go back to their original names.

Changing a term for the sake of change is ridiculous...don't even get me started on the SRS, SRT change.

 

[chris_girard]

Such a terrible video too, the one he was selling for $50 to teach the hitch. Jeff sent me a copy last year. I was going to digitize it and put it up but it's so bad I changed my mind.

Yup, I have seen it too Muggs and it's REALLY bad

 

[joe]

I’ve managed to keep the sailing smacks link ever since Tom posted it many years ago.

The videos posted by muggs shows the strength of applying it in the field. Great link, great technique.

Joe

 

[TheTreeSpyder]

Mr. T that solid link has lit many things over the decades of you posting it, TYSM!
Muggs in class of own too, in the many distillations of these principles!

 

[Tom Dunlap]

Thx


It is a treasure chest of information that’s presented well