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SHORTENINGS
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As their name implies, these invaluable knots are used to
shortell/ong lines. Short ropes may be needed
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temporarily to tow a car or haul a load, for example, and
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a shortened rope is always more secure than two cut
lengths joined together with another knot. In any case, a
longer rope may be needed at some later date, and a rope
shortened by means of a knot can always be lengthened at
some later date. Shortenings can also be used to take up
weakened or damaged lengths of line so that they are not
subjected to any strain. These knots are well worth
mastering.
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