dhays
Guru
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- May 26, 2015
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- North Pacific 43
A couple weeks ago my wife was complaining that our traveling dock lines were too old, too stiff, and the eyes weren’t big enough to easily go over our cleats. She wanted new ones.
She wanted black double braid. I would have considered brait but it is too expensive. Rarely does she volunteer to spend money on the boat so I jumped at it. I had an assortment of dock lines, all from the prior owner. There are two 50’ 5/8” lines that are in good shape, but a number of shorter lines that weren’t in great shape. I also had a bunch of 1/2” lines. I ended up buying a 100’ hank of 5/8” cheap double braid from ebay.
This morning, with my 8 month old grandson on my lap, I turned that 100’ into 4 lines with 16” eye splices. I found that the grandson made it more difficult. The lines were very easy to splice. I find that the size of my eye’s are not consistent. I sometimes get eyes that are up to 2” smaller than anticipated.
Anyway, 4 new lines that are long enough to use for typical bow and stern lines. I’m going to keep those 4 plus the 2 50’ lines on board. I’ve never found a need for anything more than that so I don’t want to bother carrying them.
She wanted black double braid. I would have considered brait but it is too expensive. Rarely does she volunteer to spend money on the boat so I jumped at it. I had an assortment of dock lines, all from the prior owner. There are two 50’ 5/8” lines that are in good shape, but a number of shorter lines that weren’t in great shape. I also had a bunch of 1/2” lines. I ended up buying a 100’ hank of 5/8” cheap double braid from ebay.
This morning, with my 8 month old grandson on my lap, I turned that 100’ into 4 lines with 16” eye splices. I found that the grandson made it more difficult. The lines were very easy to splice. I find that the size of my eye’s are not consistent. I sometimes get eyes that are up to 2” smaller than anticipated.
Anyway, 4 new lines that are long enough to use for typical bow and stern lines. I’m going to keep those 4 plus the 2 50’ lines on board. I’ve never found a need for anything more than that so I don’t want to bother carrying them.