Critique Welcomed Ropeable

[Milan Vjestica]

Ropeable by Milan Vjestica, on Flickr

 

[Pete Askew]

Now there's an interesting composition and I'm sure there's a very good reason for the ropes to be looped / tied like that (and I bet Julian knows why!). It would be so tempting to go B&W on this but I'm glad you didn't as we'd have lost the colour of the algae in the rope.

 

[Dave Green]

Do I know what it is?

I'm a frayed knot

Nice pic

 

[Pete Askew]

Do you have a book of these, Dave?

 

[Dave Green]

No -maybe I should write one

 

[Pete Askew]

Argh!

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Nice one Milan.
Yes @Pete Askew people make these knots so that people can tell silly jokes

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Proper answer , i have not a clue, although the idea to thread with a weaker part in this case a thinner twine is to make a weak point so that will give first, often used in a sand anchor. If the anchor gets lodged and fast in a rock the twin breaks which puts the anchor at a different angle to pull up often enabling it free of the rock.
Though in this case I think it was put there to hand a for sale sign on. Seems the sign wore away before the boat.

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

Proper answer , i have not a clue, although the idea to thread with a weaker part in this case a thinner twine is to make a weak point so that will give first, often used in a sand anchor. If the anchor gets lodged and fast in a rock the twin breaks which puts the anchor at a different angle to pull up often enabling it free of the rock.
Though in this case I think it was put there to hand a for sale sign on. Seems the sign wore away before the boat.

Now who was going to write a book?