Next message: Robert Pelton: "Re: T&T: partial sinking - Boat US insurance"
As I recall, Disney used Nylon lines for night use and sisal for day, when
passengers were around. The reason the guy was killed there a few years ago
was because they forgot to change them out, and were using the Nylon lines
during the day. The line stretched a great deal, then the cleat pulled out
and hit the poor guy in the head and killed him. While sisal may snap back,
it was considered much safer, and didn't carry the danger that Nylon did.
According to what I was reading at the time, if the sisal broke, it would
just fall in place.
Keith
_____
If it's true we are what we eat, I am either fast, cheap, or easy.
----- Original Message -----
From: "ralph" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 11:23 AM
Subject: Re: T&T: Re : mooring lines.
>> ...and roughly zero for manila / sisal. That's why Disney uses natural
> fiber
> the night lines
>
> Au Contrere mon frere. The complete article as follows:
>
> Previous author stated "one great advantage of low-stretch lines is that
> they don't snap back."
>
> Response:
> This is not so. ALL lines snap back when they fail.
_______________________________________________
http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers-and-trawlering
To unsubscribe send email to
with the word
UNSUBSCRIBE and nothing else in the subject or body of the message.
Trawlers & Trawlering and T&T are trademarks of Water World
Productions. Unauthorized use is prohibited.
