Re: Slack in rope
Gaff,
The reason that we had the near runaways was because the two fouled essintially creating a dynamic load as the weight shifted between the two battons. I might have exagerated about several there were really just 2 times we nearly lost them-- before we realized they fouled. We were a lot more careful once we realized there was a problem.
We(by we I mean the student-professionals and professionals-- I've yelled at junior crew enough times for that) NEVER leave a lineset out of weight enough that it takes more than one person to handle.
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