At 06:48 19 March 2004, F.L. Whiteley wrote:
One thing about the old RAF clubs, 50p launches. Did
some 5+ hours flights
from those;^) Cable mending with the 4/3
wind and a reef knot was nearly as fast as with swaging
tools.

Frank Whiteley

PS: That's when the UKP=$2.00US

'Charles Yeates' wrote in message
...
Dave

Copper ferrules have worked easily and well for us
at Bluenose for over twenty-two years -- Why take the
time and risk of interweaving strands?


Charles and Bill

My own club use ferrules -- most of the time, But glider
pilot being glider pilots there are times when the
ferrules have run out, the press is U/S and you need
to join a cable quickly.

Tying knots in cable is just a quick and simple mthod
that winch drivers should be able to do. I have seen
simple reef knots tied in cables as Frank said and
then wrapped in gaffer tape. Just as effective but
'knot'as pretty.

I agree with Bill re spectra, but we have visited this
topic before and as yet no one in the UK wants to make
the investment in trials. But we will keep plugging
away

Dave