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Marlinspike Seamanship: Soft Shackles
As part of our series on Marlinspike Seamanship‚ this class teaches how to make a functional and strong soft shackle from Dyneema 12 strand rope.
Materials and tools (fids) are supplied.
You’ll learn to:
- Tie a carrack bend
- Tie a diamond knot
- Taper and splice 12 strand line
- Finish your soft shackle with pull strings
- Work with differing sizes of line
And you’ll take your finished product home along with supplies to make another soft shackle to give to a friend.
Materials and tools (fids) are supplied.
You’ll learn to:
- Tie a carrack bend
- Tie a diamond knot
- Taper and splice 12 strand line
- Finish your soft shackle with pull strings
- Work with differing sizes of line
And you’ll take your finished product home along with supplies to make another soft shackle to give to a friend.
- Class Size
- Minimum 8 - Maximum 12
- Time
- 6-8pm
- Course Fee
- $20
- Section
- Softshackles
- Date
- December 12‚ 2024
- Time
- 6:00 to 8:00 pm