Buying Suitable Rope or Ropes

[DHutch]

A number of topics on the Subjects of Rope:

 

Overall Guide to ropes:- http://www.canalworld.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=6747

Another overall Guide:- http://www.canalworld.net/forums/index.php...885

Help, what type of rope should I buy?:- http://www.canalworld.net/forums/index.php...726

Choosing Rope Diameter:- http://www.canalworld.net/forums/index.php...714

Centre Rope Length:- http://www.canalworld.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=25142

Guide to tying Knots in rope, also splicing rope:- http://www.canalworld.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=3569

Abrasion Resistance of different Rope Types:- http://www.canalworld.net/forums/index.php...505

Cleaning or Softening old Ropes:- http://www.canalworld.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=23870

Comments about the fitting and or using of fairleads on centerlines:- http://www.canalworld.net/forums/index.php...795

Information on Anchors and Anchor Rope and Chain:- http://www.canalworld.net/forums/index.php...851

 

 

*The above topics have been grouped in the thread for your convenience and interest, however please feel free to ask further questions or search of other past topics on the subjects above. If you have a recommendation for a thread that could be added, please post below.

[DHutch]

Please also see:

 

Animated guide to knot tying.

http://www.canalworld.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=587

[ditchcrawler]

Ropes should be really durable and can hold on long with tying. Let us consider having a thick and unbreakable ropes to use.

No such thing

[Theo]

 

Ropes

 

Some helpful hints concerning their management

1. Make sure each piece has two ends, no more, no fewer.
2. Ropes with only one end should be cut in the middle, that way you will have at least one piece with two ends, which is OK. If you still end up with a piece with only one end, discard it.
3. Ropes with more than two ends (like three ends) are confusing and should again be cut into shorter lengths so that you have at least one piece with two ends. Any leftover pieces with only one end should be discarded.
4. Ropes come in different sizes. Thick ropes should be labelled to distinguish them from thin ropes.
5. Very thin ropes are called string and should never be used.
6. Very, very thin ropes are called thread and can be used for repairing sails. Theodora has no sails so discard them.
7. Ropes are made in various contrasting colours for very good reasons. Do not use blue ropes if you have green paintwork - blue and green should never be seen… Similarly orange ropes should never be used if your boat is painted red.
8. Ropes that are hard and shiny and make clanking noises are called chains. Be careful - this can be confusing in the dark.
9. Ropes made of metal are called “wires”, not to be confused with cables, which are things that attach anchors to ships. Modern cables are made of chain and are properly called “chain cable”. A rope cable (the old fashioned stuff) is made up of three three-stranded right handed ropes laid up left handed (and sometimes wormed) so a cable laid rope is likely to be one of the few left handed ropes that you see. These should never be confused with the wires (sometimes incorrectly called cables) used by sparky types (thick wires for power people and thin wires for signals people).
10. Salty people like to splice ropes and things. Beware the mainbrace. When inexperienced people try to splice it they start to get giddy and fall about a bit.