Soft shackles....dyneema

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Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

get a fid, you'll suddenly enjoy splicing ropes everywhere

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Someone kindly relieved me of my fid. Even with a fid this lay is tough to open up.

"For every thumb was a marlin spike and every finger a fid".

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Originally Posted by Toxic_Avenger

Taught- past tense of to teach.
Taut- to be tight (pun on the rope thing- geddit?!). Also used as maritime slang as a 'taut ship' - having a good crew- which by recent accounts, I am not yet proficient [bigwhistle].

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Oh, I got it, Mitch. I was merely taking the punning another step.

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Originally Posted by cuppabillytea

Ha ha. It's not for any Land Rover, and it's just a standard splice.

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Looks like the anchor hawser from the Queen Mary.