"Bobsprit" wrote in message
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Booby, the breaking strength of a dock line is around 10,000 pounds. There's
no
way a properly setup line should encounter this force in a little blow.


Jeff illustrates perfectly how a good sailor differs from a poor one.

Yet my lines don't break, and yours do. Who's the good dailor here?

I care little about "claims" about line strength.

That's obvious. You're buying garbage line.

I buy good quality oversized
dockline, but I NEVER trust the label 100%. Who would? When bad weather is
forecast you double up on the lines. It's easy, low cost and a basic rule. It
doesn't exist because everyone's lines are chafing.
Keep trusting those labels, Jeff! I prefer to practice good seamanship and add
lines. This time it payed off.

There's nothing wrong with adding lines, although I usually leave my boat with
enough lines to sustain a major blow. Gusts to 35 should be expected.

But the reason for double lines is to handle the case of unexpected chafe, which
might happen if another boat get loose and rubs on you lines, or if severe
rocking dislodges chafe guards, etc.

Booby, lines rated at 10,000 pounds do not fail for no reason.

"Jeff Morris" wrote

I don't think its for me to explain why so many
"inexplicable" things happen to you, booby.

Bad Karma?

Katy's voo-doo doll?

He's a lubbery idiot?

Due to the fact that I'm 2 hours away from my boat, I always have
double lines.

Scotty


"Jeff Morris" wrote in message
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"Bobsprit" wrote in message
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Booby, the breaking strength of a dock line is around 10,000
pounds. There's
no
way a properly setup line should encounter this force in a little
blow.


Jeff illustrates perfectly how a good sailor differs from a poor
one.

Yet my lines don't break, and yours do. Who's the good dailor here?

I care little about "claims" about line strength.

That's obvious. You're buying garbage line.

I buy good quality oversized
dockline, but I NEVER trust the label 100%. Who would? When bad
weather is
forecast you double up on the lines. It's easy, low cost and a
basic rule. It
doesn't exist because everyone's lines are chafing.
Keep trusting those labels, Jeff! I prefer to practice good
seamanship and add
lines. This time it payed off.

There's nothing wrong with adding lines, although I usually leave my
boat with
enough lines to sustain a major blow. Gusts to 35 should be
expected.

But the reason for double lines is to handle the case of unexpected
chafe, which
might happen if another boat get loose and rubs on you lines, or if
severe
rocking dislodges chafe guards, etc.

Booby, lines rated at 10,000 pounds do not fail for no reason.

to reduce stress by doubling lines i think you would need to make sure they
are working completely together.
otherwise if it is just twice as many lines.----one will work while the
other is slack. if one goes south, then the other takes the load.
i have yet to figure out how to do this
any ideas?
admitting ignorance here.
gf.

"Jeff Morris" wrote in message
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"Bobsprit" wrote in message
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Now you're claiming the line parted with no chafe??? Good Grief! And
you're
claiming it happens all the time at your marina???


Please POST where I said It Happens all the time.

You the one who said you've seen this happen a number of times.

If it happened mid line
beneath the snubber, please explain to all of us what it was chafing
against.

Booby, the breaking strength of a dock line is around 10,000 pounds.
There's no
way a properly setup line should encounter this force in a little blow.
You've
even said that you expected the blow and checked the lines a few hours
before.
If you doubled the lines that should have reduced the stress on any one
line.

The only explanation for this is incompetance.

We all eagerly await your answer. I may even forward it to Yale.

I've given my explanation, what's yours?

Booby, lines rated at 10,000 pounds do not fail for no reason.


bob, don't try to discuss anything at with jeffies. unless his wife is
standing behind him while he is at the keyboard, he spends hours trying to put
together complete sentences for the express purpose of showing that if he isn't
exactly the brightest light under the bushel he really can show those girls at
in high school who laughed at his utterly silly responses in class that he can
find something somewhere he can use to "prove" someone is dummer in some
respect.

jeffies is a sophist, way too stupid to even begin to know what the word means.
he is an intellectual creep whose entire (fictionalized) sailing experience is
in training wheels and/or an old man's boat sold to those who are afraid of the
water.

ask the intellectual creep about his degree in physics, or was that his
electrical engineering degree in physics?

I guess it really hurts bad when you get trounced, eh jaxie?

If it make you feels this small, why do you keep making an ass of yourself?





"JAXAshby" wrote in message ...
Booby, lines rated at 10,000 pounds do not fail for no reason.


bob, don't try to discuss anything at with jeffies. unless his wife is
standing behind him while he is at the keyboard, he spends hours trying to put
together complete sentences for the express purpose of showing that if he isn't
exactly the brightest light under the bushel he really can show those girls at
in high school who laughed at his utterly silly responses in class that he can
find something somewhere he can use to "prove" someone is dummer in some
respect.

jeffies is a sophist, way too stupid to even begin to know what the word means.
he is an intellectual creep whose entire (fictionalized) sailing experience is
in training wheels and/or an old man's boat sold to those who are afraid of the
water.

ask the intellectual creep about his degree in physics, or was that his
electrical engineering degree in physics?

Oh really? Show us where New England Rope say their line may part for no apparent reason. They do
mention a number of reasons, "inexplicable" is not one of them.


"Bobsprit" wrote in message ...
No one else seems to be jumping to your defence; no one has come forward to say
it does happen.

And no one is dumb enough to say it can't. Not even the companies that make the
line.
Check and mate AGAIN!

RB

On 02 Oct 2004 14:40:01 GMT, (Bobsprit) wrote:

Hahahahahaha!

RB

Probably damaged during the burglary.


Actually, I never thought of that! No likely though.

RB

Based on this newsgroup, I would say that the likely cause of the line
failure was a stray bullet.

"Jeff Morris" wrote in message
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Oh really? Show us where New England Rope say their line may part
for no apparent reason. They do
mention a number of reasons, "inexplicable" is not one of them.


They should put that warning on their lines, right Jim Cate?

Scotty

Can't make the LIE go down, can you Nutsy?

How many lines parted on the boats that didn't double up :^) I know if
there were any, you be shouting into the wind for all to hear.

Sorry Nutsy, you're so busy defending you obvious LIE with other dumb
statements and lies that you forgot the obivious LIE about other
failures.

Shut The Hell Up!!!

Ole Thom