Date:	Thu, 10 Mar 1994 11:39:30 -1000
From:	andrew@tug.com (Andrew Beattie)
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Subject: Fixing broken Peel bridles

francis@seas.upenn.edu (Francis J Gramkowski Iii) writes:
>while turning he hit a rock which flipped him over, in coming out
>of the cart he hit his head hardenough to crack his helment.
Ouch!  That makes me think again about my lax attitude to wearing a crash-hat.
I'll see if I can fird one that doesn't cook my head so much.

>I would have used my 8m peel put its bridle is a little messed up since
>I cut a few of the lines when they got caught in a bunch of claim shells at the
>beach.  

I don't think I've explained this before:

Fixing a broken bridle-line:

1) The easy way.
Burn the cut ends (lightly! don't shorten the line too much!) to stop them
   fraying.
Tie an overhand knot (as a stopper knot) close to the end of the line.
Take one line (line A) in your left hand, take the other line (B) and loop
  it over line A.  Twist the loose end of line B twice round line B
  and then poke the knot throught the loop next to line A.  Tighten line B
  until it is snug round line A, holding against the stopper-knot.
Tie the same knot in the other line.
This method is easy to do in the field, but although the knot is
designed to use as little line as possible, it does still shorten the
bridle.  It should be OK on cross bridles and the rear primary bridles
on the larger kites, but the front primary bridle is particularly
sensitive and shortening it may stuff the kite more than you might expect.

2) The proper way.
Find something of a fixed length of (say) 6 inches.
Lay the broken line, end-to-end on a flat surface.  Use your measuring stick
  to make 2 mark on the line a fixed distance apart, one mark on each side of
  the cut.
Take a short length of separate line and splice the broken ends into it.
Adjust the splice until the marks are the correct distance apart.

3) The cop-out
Send it back to the factory.

Andrew
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