Umm...Maybe we can try LOOKING at the ROPE...If it looks weak, replace it, natural or synthetic. IF the cargo is important enough...USE TWO ROPES!
Kn1vez Reviewed by Kn1vez on . How the War on Drugs kills our Sailors When I was in the Coast Guard, I learned of the dangers of a rope under tension "parting" (breaking). This happens when a rope under stress gets too taught, and there is a yank, or slow increase to the point of parting. When a rope parts there is snapback, like a whip or a rubberband breaking. Sailors have been literally sliced in half instantly by a rope parting. Oftentimes when you hear of a sailor dying in a "boating accident" (not drowning) this is how he died, but they don't say it Rating: 5