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anti-slippage knot
tie-off
Put the folded tail coming out of the seaHorse in between
the BackPin and the HollowCenterDiverter. Make sure that
the webbing is straight and not twisted.
Pull through enough webbing to wrap around the sea-
Horse and the tie-off later. Make sure that the line is tight
against the HollowCenterDiverter.
English
With low tension slacklines (common in highlines) micro slippage might occur. This means the webbing slips millimeter by
millimeter out of the weblock. This is not a malfunction, but a consequence of how the weblock is build. The anti-slippage
knot and the tie-off demonstrates in the video and this manual completely stops this micro slippage on most lines. With very
slippery webbing it’s at least minimized and will be stopped when the tie-off is tensioned. Most important the anti-slippage
knot prevents any tail misalignment caused by slippage of the weblock. Tail misalignment by tail-walking could lead to
complete failure of locking the webbing.
Be sure to always tie-off your weblock/webbing so that your line will always stay connected to the anchor point.
More information about micro slippage and
tail-walking and the tutorial “How to tie-off the
seaHorse” can be found in this video.
4. Anti-slippage knot & tie-off
4.1
4.2
Wrap the tail of the webbing around the seaHorse (in be-
tween the FrontPin and the HollowCenterDiverter).
Which direction to wrap around doesn’t matter.
4.3
Now put the tail of the webbing into the Hollow-
CenterDiverter in a way that the webbings are
crossing once.
4.4
Pull the knot tight around the seaHorse. Make sure the webbing is
nicely on top of one another and not twisted.
4.5
You can tie-off the seaHorse in multiple
ways (for example A+B).
4.6
Back-up option A
Back-up option B
Take the webbing coming out of the HollowCenterDiverter and the other end
of the webbing coming from the seaHorse and pass them both around the
anchor point. Tie them together with an appropriate knot (for example: Double
Fishermans knot). Make sure the tie-off is a relatively tight. The benefit of this
backup is that no extra material is needed.
Make a Figure-8-knot (or double fig. 8) with the webbing coming out of the
HollowCenterDiverter and connect it with an additional carabiner or shackle
to a separate sling/anchorpoint.
The benefit of this tie-off is that it is easy to check and easy to tie.
Do not forget!
Before you release the softRelease, untie your tie-off.
Webbing-Slippage & Tail-Walk
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