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Old 05-19-2018, 11:21 PM   #9
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Well shucks... that's what today's article is about. Well, that and small boat stuff -- using old halyards to make dock lines. It's what I did last autumn in anticipation for the February thing. That didn't work out for me, I'm sad to say.

But I digress...
After rinsing with fresh water before being stashed I hang them in the cockpit:


I would prefer to put away salt-free dry lines.

Once dry I installed two eye-bolts in my starboard cockpit locker. A line between the two supports the flaked lines:

(flaked, not coiled)

The article is here: Docklines from Halyards (snubber too) article on janice142
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