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On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:09:03 -0700, "Capt. JG"
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On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:36:33 -0500, Vic Smith
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Anybody using these?
Anybody care to laugh at the very idea of them?

http://www.fendergrip.com/fg.html


--Vic

I don't like being laughed at. Clove hitches rule.



I don't typically use clove hitches for fender lines. Any up/down motion
with a fender against a dock will loosen them. A cow hitch might be
better,
but it could still come undone fairly easily, as KLC says (and the 1/2
hitch
would add security). Why not use just an RT with two half-hitches? More
secure, tightens under load?


Add a half hitch or two.



Yep... of course then I'm not sure the point of the clove hitch part. A
round turn is easier to untie in a hurry (though barely).


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