What are some of the common variants of securing chafing protection to
lines?

I'm using old sections of garden hose (no leather wrapping for me - yet?),
with the line fed through them. Of course they slip down the line and away
from the chafing points if not secured, and so I'm using small lines tied to
them with running hitches, and then secured to something else (like a cleat
or to the mirror chafe guard on the other [bow] line). This works well, and
could be considered unsightly except I think honestly that no one has ever
noticed.

I know that some mariners sew whipping material through the chafe guards and
lines to keep them together. I've tried duct tape several years ago: didn't
work.

Thanks to the accumulated wisdom of the group!

Charles

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Charles T. Low
www.boatdocking.com

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