Around 1/12/2005 7:14 PM, DSK wrote:

BTW another reason to not use the bow cleats is that they are usually
seriously undersized for the kind of rope almost any tow boat is going
to pass over.

That's why I carry my own tow line. As is understandable on a 14'
runabout, my deck cleats are *way* too small for anything above 3/8", so
my 5/8" tow line has a nice big carabiner professionally spliced on one end.

In the rare occasion when I'm being towed (by my parents, when it gets
too rough for an open 14') I just snap the line onto my bow eye.

When I'm doing the towing, I snap it onto one of my stern eyes. I've
towed a 32' Bayliner almost 2 miles against a mild river current that
way, and it worked fine... if a little slow.


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"There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing about in boats."
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