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A suggestion

Posted By: Brian Nystrom
Date: Monday, 4 March 2002, at 5:52 p.m.

In Response To: Unsafe perimeter lines (Ben Staley)

When you install extra fittings for the lines, design them to allow the lines to sit ~1/2" above the deck when they're taught. Install them and pull them good and snug. This makes it very easy to get hold of a line with gloves on, but eliminates that slack related problem that you had.

Personally, I think leaving perimeter lines loose to makes them harder to grab than if they're taught and elevated in this manner. You don't have to try to pick up the line with your fingers, you just rake your hand(s) across the deck and snag the line(s), much in the manner that the tailhook on an aircraft snags the arresting cable on an aircraft carrier. Simple, fast and easy.

Messages In This Thread

Unsafe perimeter lines
Ben Staley -- Monday, 4 March 2002, at 12:50 p.m.

Re: Thanks for the good beta, Ben *NM*
Shawn Baker -- Monday, 4 March 2002, at 1:13 p.m.

Re: Unsafe perimeter lines
Tim Mattson -- Monday, 4 March 2002, at 2:03 p.m.

Re: Unsafe perimeter lines
dan -- Monday, 4 March 2002, at 3:07 p.m.

Re: Unsafe perimeter lines
Jed -- Monday, 4 March 2002, at 3:09 p.m.

Re: Unsafe perimeter lines
LeeG -- Monday, 4 March 2002, at 4:28 p.m.

Re: Unsafe perimeter lines
Tim Mattson -- Monday, 4 March 2002, at 6:16 p.m.

Re: Unsafe perimeter lines
Jed -- Monday, 4 March 2002, at 7:04 p.m.

Re: Unsafe perimeter lines
Shawn Baker -- Monday, 4 March 2002, at 10:34 p.m.

Re: Unsafe perimeter lines
LeeG -- Monday, 4 March 2002, at 10:42 p.m.

Re: Unsafe perimeter lines
Brian Nystrom -- Tuesday, 5 March 2002, at 11:12 a.m.

Safer rigging
Brianne Corbett -- Tuesday, 5 March 2002, at 6:13 p.m.

Re: Safer rigging
Brian Nystrom -- Tuesday, 5 March 2002, at 6:25 p.m.

Question for the Day
Shawn Baker -- Tuesday, 5 March 2002, at 7:06 p.m.

Re: Question for the Day
Brianne Corbett -- Tuesday, 5 March 2002, at 9:12 p.m.

Re: Question for the Day
Shawn Baker -- Wednesday, 6 March 2002, at 10:34 a.m.

Re: Question for the Day
Brian Nystrom -- Wednesday, 6 March 2002, at 1:10 p.m.

Re: Question for the Day
LeeG -- Thursday, 7 March 2002, at 7:15 a.m.

Re: Question for the Day
Brian Nystrom -- Thursday, 7 March 2002, at 12:48 p.m.

Re: Question for the Day
LeeG -- Thursday, 7 March 2002, at 4:42 p.m.

Re: Question for the Day
Brian Nystrom -- Wednesday, 6 March 2002, at 1:08 p.m.

Deck line materials
Brian Nystrom -- Wednesday, 6 March 2002, at 1:02 p.m.

Re: Deck line materials
Brianne Corbett -- Friday, 8 March 2002, at 7:50 a.m.

Re: Deck line materials
Brian Nystrom -- Friday, 8 March 2002, at 3:08 p.m.

I have one boat with and one without...
Craig Mackinnon -- Tuesday, 5 March 2002, at 9:00 a.m.

Make that "taut" perimeter deck lines...
Craig Mackinnon -- Tuesday, 5 March 2002, at 9:16 a.m.

Re:perimeter lines; rethinking rigging
Ben Staley -- Tuesday, 5 March 2002, at 10:48 a.m.

Does the boat have sheer clamps?
Brian Nystrom -- Tuesday, 5 March 2002, at 11:31 a.m.

Re: Does the boat have sheer clamps? *Pic*
Ben Staley -- Tuesday, 5 March 2002, at 12:02 p.m.

deck lines
risto -- Tuesday, 5 March 2002, at 12:41 p.m.

Re: deck lines
Brian Nystrom -- Tuesday, 5 March 2002, at 5:23 p.m.

Re: deck lines
risto -- Thursday, 7 March 2002, at 5:02 a.m.

In defense of a good "Cat FIght"
Jed -- Thursday, 7 March 2002, at 7:32 a.m.

Fanning the flames, eh Jed?
Brian Nystrom -- Thursday, 7 March 2002, at 12:35 p.m.

OOPS!!! I didn't realize this was tongue in cheek
Brian Nystrom -- Thursday, 7 March 2002, at 2:05 p.m.

Re: deck lines
Brian Nystrom -- Thursday, 7 March 2002, at 7:37 a.m.

Re: deck lines
risto -- Thursday, 7 March 2002, at 12:31 p.m.

Re:perimeter lines: recessed rigging
Shawn Baker -- Tuesday, 5 March 2002, at 2:01 p.m.

Re:perimeter lines: recessed rigging
Jed -- Tuesday, 5 March 2002, at 2:32 p.m.

A suggestion
Brian Nystrom -- Monday, 4 March 2002, at 5:52 p.m.

Unsafe perimeter lines
dan -- Monday, 4 March 2002, at 7:35 p.m.

YOU are the man..........!!!!
Bruce S. -- Tuesday, 5 March 2002, at 1:11 a.m.

Yeah, way to stay with it...
Craig Mackinnon -- Tuesday, 5 March 2002, at 8:47 a.m.

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