Notice I didn't say "...laying around the dock..." ;-)
The kind of rope most people have in their garages is probably only suitable
for tying Christmas trees to the top of their BGTs...
--
Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
on 12/1/05 10:36 PM, Simon Matthews at simon.d.matthews@gmail.com wrote:
> Max,
>
> On 12/1/05, Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> Actually, I'm sure a proper rope sling would be quite satisfactory. It was
>> just the nautical image causing a moment of cognitive dissonance...
>>
>> I'm not sure that I would trust any old piece of rope I found laying about
>> the garage, however. Synthetics are notoriously stretchy, for instance.
>
> Obviously you are not familiar with modern ropes...... Yes, some can
> be very stretchy, but not others such as kevlar ropes. Kevlar rope has
> replaced wire rope in many small boat uses. The problem is that it is
> difficult to tell when a kevlar rope is about to fail.
>
> Regards,
> Simon
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