A lot of the lines on my boat are way longer than they need to be and are hard to keep contained when not in use so I was thinking of cutting the extra long ones down to a better length. I don't know how to do any fancy splices or anything so I was planning on using tape and maybe fire to seal the bitter ends. What kind of tape should I use? Would duct tape work? -Brent
Tape to use for cutting lines
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Cutting Lines
Duct tape will look pretty ugly & I'm not sure if it will stay on. A few thoughts: - Self amalgamating tape (buy it at any boat store it's white rubber & sticks to itself) would probably work OK. - If you burn the ends of the cut to seal it, it will hold together just fine by itself. - Buy yourself a reel of "whipping twine", get a book out of the library & teach yourself to whip a line. It's easy, and it looks so much nicer! sam
C&C 26 Skye II
Duct tape will look pretty ugly & I'm not sure if it will stay on. A few thoughts: - Self amalgamating tape (buy it at any boat store it's white rubber & sticks to itself) would probably work OK. - If you burn the ends of the cut to seal it, it will hold together just fine by itself. - Buy yourself a reel of "whipping twine", get a book out of the library & teach yourself to whip a line. It's easy, and it looks so much nicer! sam
C&C 26 Skye II
Electrical tape
I've found that good quality electrical tape (for example 3M) on rope ends lasts a long time. Derek
I've found that good quality electrical tape (for example 3M) on rope ends lasts a long time. Derek
you can buy a rope cutter tip
that fits in a soldering iron for cutting synthetic ropes from defender marine. Or cut with a knife and press the end against hot steel to fuse it together. This seems to work better than using a match or lighter to fuse the end together. I like the cutter, it seems to do a better job.
that fits in a soldering iron for cutting synthetic ropes from defender marine. Or cut with a knife and press the end against hot steel to fuse it together. This seems to work better than using a match or lighter to fuse the end together. I like the cutter, it seems to do a better job.
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