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To: BlueCrab who wrote (18453)3/5/1999 7:41:00 PM
From: Ish  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 71178
 
I was thinking everything west of Denver. I spent two summers on a yacht as a lad. Nylon was much nicer, especially when it had to be coiled just so. I had some manilla barge rope for a while, it was very resistant to rot, guess it would have given away with no warning. I think the polyproplene is a good rope. Doesn't stretch as much as the nylon. Shit, you need tie ups and shock ropes, guess you need both.



To: BlueCrab who wrote (18453)3/8/1999 12:15:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71178
 
I saw a video of a blue-water tug laboring to tow a crippled freighter. It was one of those "When The Weather Really Sucks" programs on Discovery. Anyway, a real stout cable was being used, and it snapped on video. Came apart like a rifleshot - but neither end made it all the way to the attached vessel. The chop in between was a marvelous brake.


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