It could be untied in a hurry, even after a sudden surge[/url]". Notice he didn't say it had to be untied in a hurry. This indicates to me only that it resists jamming. You may be trying to read too much into it.
Well, a nit amid the speculation, but his words are stronger
than this --my miss in quoting--: "It could
always be untied
in a hurry ...". That comes as part of the knot's reason d'etre.
An extension of mooring or grounding lines may be needed ...
I remain puzzled,
but to the assertion comes at least concurrence
in the general need, in citing the use of
some sort
of bending line-to-line with the use of a
rolling hitch.
Of the evidence in this case, for terms of true/false evaluation,
I see:
A. article --of Boating, product of Bob & Lee Payne--;
C. Joe Collins's alleged account, conveyed in by Boating in A;
W. the WingFootNote (i.e., it's assertion of letter P.);
P. Lee Payne's account conveyed in W;
R. Rosendahl's assertions as conveyed by P in W.
One belief would be that Bob & Joe conspired to propagate
a legend for a knot that (likely) Joe devised. This would
explain the carefully arranged details of A. It would make
understandable W/P/R. (If C is true, it's a shame that Joe
didn't at the time --given the alleged direction re knot Z.--
ask Rosendahl about its origins (politely with enthusiastic
curiosity, not doubting a superior!). And, in any case, it's
curious that he doesn't make any mention of his learning
the knot, or from where Rosendahl might have done so!?)
Counter this is that C is true. Then one can muse that
W wanted to maybe give thrust to his (editor's) own
disbelief about C. (I'm assuming that W contacted P
of Boating for permission to publish a repeat of A in W.,
to which P supplied FYI re the issue as an update.)
And I am abashed that the skepticism & questions re
A&C did not arise in me way back ..., but only after
some other & better researcher raised them.
... and will hope we can add to this research!
"Come, Watson, the game is afoot!"
Might someone have personnel registries for the
container ship
President Madison in use during
the 1970s (scrapped in '99) ? --showing both Colins
& B.Payne (which supports either conclusion, and i.p.
Lee's alleged assertion ("P.") that he learned of the
knot via brother Bob).
--dl*
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