Module
Rope Techniques
Knot and Strap Tail Rules
- The minimum length of the free end of a rope protruding from a knot is 10–15 times the diameter of the rope used.
- The minimum length of free ends of a strap protruding from a knot is 5 times the width of the strap used.
Rope Load Capacity
- The diameter of the object used for fixing or tying into the rope must be at least 4 times the rope diameter to prevent reduction of the rope's load capacity.
- Anchoring without a knot is better than anchoring with knots because a rope can be released under load and its load capacity does not diminish.
Anchoring in Whitewater
- Anchors used in a whitewater environment should be releasable under pressure (anchors that cannot be released under pressure are incorrect).
- Multipoint anchors used in a whitewater environment should be load-sharing anchors, not self-equalizing load-distributing anchors.
- Multipoint anchors are used on rafts because D-rings are only glued to the raft and, considering material aging, a single D-ring cannot be trusted; two or more D-rings are used to form the multipoint anchor.