"Quick Clips?"

[Chica]

Several months ago there was a post on prawning/crabbing. A responder mentioned a connector for joining together several lengths of rope. I remember he said that it was as easy as clapping your hands together. I think he said he obtained the connecter at Longs Marine in Valdez in Alaska. I am unable to pull up their webb site. Is anyone familiar with this type connector, and more specifically where can I obtain them and will they pass through a Brutus Pot puller? Thank you, CHICA

 

[tsturm]

I think he said he obtained the connecter at Longs Marine in Valdez in Alaska. I am unable to pull up their webb site. CHICA

:lol: :lol: They probably do not have a web site :beer Try the yellow pages? Most Alaska businesses do have a telephone possibly still even hard wired :wink:

 

[Patrout]

Mark, on "3rd Byte" bought some of them from Long's. They look just like single links of chain, but have a slot in one side. The side is flattened somewhat so that it's easy to slip the links together but they won't come apart without you really wanting them to. Mark showed them to me and they are very cool. I'll be getting some for my shrimp lines and maybe for a few other uses.

Long's is out of them right now. They call them "Quick Links," but I think in the trade the more accurate name is "Split Links." They are stainless steel and only cost around a couple of bucks apiece.

Maybe Mark could post a photo of a link spliced to a shrimp line for clarification. :xtongue

I did a lot of searching for these things but the only outfit I could find that listed these exact items would only sell them in lots of 25 on special order. There are several styles of chain connectors commonly available, but none of them are these "split links."

The guy I talked to at Long's said they won't have new ones in stock until maybe mid-spring. You could try to call them then. (907) 835-3920

Pat

 

[Chica]

Pat on C-Farer, quick links/split links, "gotcha". Thank you, Chica

 

[Mighty Bite]

I'm the culprit on this one. They are a split quick link and are absolutely cool.
I'm not savvy enough to put a pic on this thread, but I will put some pic's on
my "3rd Byte" album this afternoon (it's the first album). I'll show the plain
links as well as with the weighted line.

Things come to a standstill at Long' Marine through the winter, as you
might expect, but they'll have them in the spring. Incidentally, Long sells
these for $2.80 each.

These links are available in several sizes. The links I use have the following
approximate dimensions: Length: O.D.= 1.40", Width: .865
Width: O.D. = .90", Width: .375

They feed through the pulley's on the Ace Lline Hauler like they weren't
even there, except for the slight metallic click.

 

[dogon dory]

Sorry, Folks - Post Deleted By Author

 

[Mighty Bite]

OK, the photo's of the Quick Links are now on 3rd Byte's photo album.

 

[Sea Wolf]

Hey Mark-!

Here's your photos below for everyone to see:

We use similar clips in sailing to tie sails like spinnakers to lines ("sheets" in sailing terminology) or to connect two lines together for quick assembly or disassembly.

We call them "sister clips".

Joe. :teeth

P.S.: Get yourself a short piece of stainless chain, and you can make these yourself with a hacksaw and a file or a grinding tool. Fun, too!!! (Wouldn't have to be stainless, but ordinary steel chain with the galvanizing removed would rust.) Look in Mark's album at the third photo to see the details of how to form the link opening. You want them to just barely slip together and apart. Too much clearance and they won't be secure. Link to album 3 rd photo HERE.

 

[Mighty Bite]

Joe, you've obviously got too much time on your hands if you're going to crank
these out by fist. Somehow I'm having a hard time relating this to a "fun" project.

Thanks for posting the pic's on the thread.

 

[Sea Wolf]

Joe, you've obviously got too much time on your hands if you're going to crank
these out by fist. Somehow I'm having a hard time relating this to a "fun" project.

Thanks for posting the pic's on the thread.

Mark-

I like doing things the hard way, sometimes!

Makes it into more of a challenge! (sort of)

Cheers!

Joe. :teeth

 

[thataway]

A similar device has been used for many years (at least 70) on sailboats. These are called "Sister clips" They were used to secure jib sheets to the clue of a jib, and as a quick disconnect. They are also used in lazy jacks. The disadvantage is that if the jib sheet or line were to whip around, the clip could come undone, and cause injury or damage to the boat. They were made of bronze or aluminum, also available at West marine pg 1103 of current catalogue, in plastic or SS. The difference is that one end has a completely closed loop, with the other open as a "hook".

They are fairly in-expensive at the marine supply houses also.