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Subject: TWL: Re: Rope chafe guards
LRZeitlin@XXX.XXX
Date: Sat Nov 02 2002 - 11:26:31 EST
In a message dated 11/2/02 5:03:50 AM,
trawler-world-list-request@XXX.XXX writes:
<< One of my favorite boats in our marina is a 1940s vintage troller, about
36' long. The owner, while apparenlty no longer fishing with it, keeps it
in immaculate condition. The boat's name is Donna. I noticed that he uses
two-foot long lengths of heavy, clear plastic tubing on his dock lines as
chafe protection. It's cheap, and it doesn't work itself off the line as
do the split rubber chafe guards mentioned above. >>
We use this vinyl water tubing also. The trick for keeping it in place is to
use a size just sufficient to encase the nylon line. 3/4" tubing will just
fit 5/8" line. Then wet the line with a detergent/water solution and it will
slip right through. When the deteregent washes out, swelling of the line will
hold the tubing in place.
Larry Z
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