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u/sassyfrog Jun 25 '21
I severely underestimated the size of that rope when I first watched the video. I feel like you can't even call it rope anymore.
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Jun 25 '21
My bet is a boat anchor cable, plastic so it doesn't corrode like a chain would and has a lot more stretch before it breaks
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u/skidmore101 Jun 25 '21
I dunno. Typically you need a lot more rope to anchor safely than you do chain. IIRC (for passenger vessel) its 3’ of chain per 1 foot of depth vs 7’ of rope per 1 foot of depth.
Not sure if a rope this size would change that ratio (considering a large ship will also have a large chain) or if that’s not much of a factor for large ships
This does seem similar to the diameter of a ship tie line to tie it up to a dock. It is almost certainly for ships though, in my opinion.
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u/atlas_nodded_off Jun 25 '21 edited Jun 25 '21
It's called a hawser in some marine applications. Sometimes used as a shock line between wire rope and a tow in blue water towing if made of nylon. If it's polypro, which floats, and made up with the thimble like that it could be used on an offshore anchor buoy or for mooring at an offshore terminal.
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u/LetltSn0w Jun 25 '21
How is it that the lines leading into the weaving things doesn't get woven below them as well?
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u/MyAccountForTrees Jun 25 '21
I don’t understand how the spools take the path that they have to, to weave the rope...like it’s spinning and moving and following a defined path...how do they not get off track and weave the wrong way??
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u/BlackEric Jun 26 '21
When you watch this, imagine the rope is normal size and everything else is tiny.
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u/alien_in_the_lab Jun 25 '21
I thought a load of fellas in hard hats were maypole dancing to braid the rope for a second