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Thanks for your reply. I’ll restate the question but in much more simplified way such that this will be a theoretical question, not applying to real life. Assume two designs, A and B as below. Assume a line with 1 strand instead of 3 strands. Assume all effects of a woven splice and bending...

Yes, I think that conclusion was wrong. After a long discussion with Google’s Gemini AI app in which even it came to wrong conclusions, I’m now going with the conclusion that the 2 strand looped design theoretically is stronger than the 3 strands woven into the chain. BUT, because of the...

I think I’ve got it. I believe this is what you are saying: Let’s look at one strand with my right hand holding the strand before it goes through the chain link and my left hand is holding the strand after it comes out of the link looped backwards on itself. My right hand would be resisting...

Thanks for the replies. This splice is in between 50’ of chain and 250’ of line so it MUST go through the windlass which means all connectors won’t work. Lnewqban said: “Which means to me that only two lines are carrying the load” Yes, if the two lines went straight through the link and was...

This question is about splicing a 3 strand line to a chain rode on an anchor on a boat. There’s two ways under consideration. One is simply weaving the three strands into the rings of the chain for about 12”. With this approach, the weave connects the line to the chain and a force of x lbs on...

In light of the fact that all references to the soda cans were deleted now in the article, I agree with this theory.

Yes, maybe that is the answer: the son made the comment that the cans exploded because of the carbon monoxide rather than an expert making that claim and the writer for the NYT did not check it out his statement (I'm shocked!...).

I just read an article about the hazards of the keyless feature on new cars (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/13/business/deadly-convenience-keyless-cars-and-their-carbon-monoxide-toll.html). Apparently, it can be easy to not know a car is still running in the garage even though one might think...

So I think the two of you are saying that, yes, the data are there, but the details of getting it are overwhelming. Of course my wife would have to be a redhead and add even more difficulty! Thanks for your responses.

Pardon my only basic understanding of physics. I'm not sure if the title is the correct question, but say I'm on a star many, many light years from earth. Can I theoretically see the freckles on my wife's face? It seems to me that light goes in all directions and the further it goes the less...