Registered: 12/25/99
Posts: 2412
Loc: Poughkeepsie, NY
A water knot is a poor choice for rap slings precisely because the ends can work into the knot under repeated loading. That knot is in a dangerous state---it should either be retied with a double fisherman's knot or, if there isn't enough webbing for that, removed and replaced with something better.
Tied like that it's a booby-trap, and belongs in a textbook on what not to rap off.