Sail pendant using dyneema

[Anton B]

I have done that with the jib on a Farrier F-24. The pendant goes from the sail head ring to a shackle, luggage tagged on both ends, which I feel allows no movement and therefore no chafing.
It has been in service for a year and has been perfectly reliable and shows no wear.

I think it is 3/16" Amsteel made into a continuous loop.

I made a couple of different lengths to make sure it came out right, so I wasn't very careful about making the length right the first time.I was just learning so I figured doing several would give me more practice anyway.

[fhpgump]

Thanks for the info. I have not worked with dyneema much and understanding the need for a fairly long bury of the loop ends, what do you do on a shorter piece with loops at both ends? Thanks for any help. FHP

[Brion Toss]

Hi,
First, do we have to call it a luggage tag hitch? The knot has lots of other perfectly valid, long-employed names (ring hitch, girth hitch, lark's head hitch, bail hitch, etc), none of which involve something as unsalty as luggage.
Second, yes there is some weakening resulting from the hitch, but that is easily compensated for by diameter.
Third, consider multiple Brummels for short pieces, or make a soft shackle.
Fair leads,
Brion Toss

[fhpgump]

Brion: Thanks for your quick response. First, sorry about the "luggage tag" reference, lesson learned! One additional question. When you say "multiple brummels" is a single pass through the line a "single" brummel or is a brummel the double pass (both ends through once) so that I would be passing the line through itself maybe 4 times for additional locking and then use less bury of the end?

Thanks FHPG

[Brion Toss]

Hi again,
A locking Brummel has each part going through the other. So one Brummel has each part tucked once. A Multiple Brummel repeats the process; 4 Brummels will get you close to 80% efficiency -- IF you space them consistently, so that all of them share the load.You'll see one way to do this in our Book 5.
A Faux Brummel has one end snaking back and forth through the other. A largely decorative structure.
Fair leads,
Brion Toss

ps,
Thank you for your patience with my Luggage Tag rant.

[Anton B]

Ah, sorry, I did not give enough information, I used a continuous loop, which was easy enough to, um, Lark's Head to either end.

Brion, do you never take luggage on board? ;-)

Anton