It's meant to weaken the line by half , bet your mate a beer that he carn,t get the knot out, failing that I use a bit of silicone spray and 2 needles reversed, bring one through one side and one through the other side then twist them in the opposite directions from each other, a pair of pliers helps you to push the needles through

mastication works a treat... That's right!! Chewing....

Sit and work a lovely salivatory slather into the lines, be patient.. Watch a ****ty sitcom with the good lady (I dont know why, but crappy girl teev seems to work better.. The universe is funny sometimes) and chew your lines gently.. By the time you lose the will to live, or resort to cutting yourself because the show is so mind numbingly abysmal, your knot will loosen and you'll be able to free the demon and feel like a freaking god who slay the evil "line devil" in the course of pursuing justice for all kitesurfers and correcting all thats wrong with the world...

Post a pic of your face when you do, it gives hope to the masses that we can one day be proud of our own beings as you currently are!!

Good luck!!!

having said that i had a rebel so had 4 spare lines anyway

Had a mate that used the 'chew method' - must have had a few too many beers around the same time - ate through the knot ....

That said I found a knot in my line one day and 'carefully' chewed at the knot with the aim of loosing it - and to my surprise I got it out with no line damage !

I havent tried the silicon and two needle approach - but I like the idea better than the sucking and chewing approach!!

The lines are braided so you just need to apply a little pressure in the right areas of the knot and it will loosen easily.

The chewing method is very effective....

bumstein said...
Chewing....

Sit and work a lovely salivatory slather into the lines, be patient.. Watch a ****ty sitcom with the good lady (I dont know why, but crappy girl teev seems to work better.. The universe is funny sometimes) and chew your lines gently.. Good luck!!!

Only ever tried to chew my arm off to get the hell away when waking up after a big nite.

Funny how these skills also apply to other stuff...

Mark _australia said...

Only ever tried to chew my arm off to get the hell away when waking up after a big nite.

Funny how these skills also apply to other stuff...

Yes you have a point... However you didn't have to sit there watching girly stupid shows to chew an arm off did you!?

all fixed thanks

deanrobi said...
all fixed thanks

So what was the method that proves most effective for you?

Whilst chewing is OK, best get a blunt pointed screwdriver. Not sharp enough to damage the thread in the lines but enough to loosen and free the knot. A few bucks from Bunnings, keep in the bag.

funny I just got back from down south where I found a mate who is learning had a knot in his lines. Turns out one of the experienced kiters put it there to even out his lines (front lines no less)

Craig66 said...

TurtleHunter said...
funny I just got back from down south where I found a mate who is learning had a knot in his lines. Turns out one of the experienced kiters put it there to even out his lines (front lines no less)

Interesting..... how much does one knot shorten a front line??????




0.0005mm?

don't know but I would guess about 4 x diameter which would be enough to make a difference I suppose.
He is South Australian though

My kite was regularly drifting off to one side and when I checked, one of the front lines was about 2cm longer than the other one. A single overhand knot in the stitched section sorted this out till I could get a new set of lines.
Would not recommend a knot in the thin braided lines though. Does reduce strength by about half and wouldn't shorten the line by much.