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Capt. JG July 16th 06 06:33 PM

Wrong Again...and Again....
 
Joe, I've never even seen chaffing on cleat hitch. I've seen chaffing where
the line passes across the boat from the dock, mostly because the line
wasn't in the proper place or the boat hasn't been used in a very long time.
My understanding is that a cleat hitch doesn't move (e.g., untie or tighten,
at least I've never seen any indication that it does), so how could there
possibly be chaffing action upon that part of the line?

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Joe" wrote in message
oups.com...

Capt. Rob wrote:
If you dumb yankees learned to use a cleat the proper way, you would
have no need for such stupity and waste.


Hey, Joe...can you explain to everyone how a traditional cleated line
will possibly outlast the system shown in my video?


If you know how to properly tie up to a cleat you will have no
chaffing. If you know how to properly flake line on deck you will have
no mess on the dock. True my system of using a line life sailors have
used line and cleats for centurys will not last longer, but it will
last the same time, and you can use the schackle and thimbles were they
are needed. Unless you have schackle and thimbles for the end on the
boat your line will last no longer. I find Nylon cheap enough to splice
up new lines when needed.


We've found lines
will last far, far longer this way because there's no chance of chafing
at the cleat.


So you set chaffing gear in your chocks, and schackle and thimble your
fancy chrome cleats on deck huh?

You also don't have a mess of line on the dock


I find a propery flaked line very attractive and salty looking,

http://www.navsource.org/archives/04/0406839.jpg

and only
one end to adjust.


Well thats just great, but forget about your neighbors re-ajusting your
lines if needed. He would have to boad your vessel.


We have found it 100% superior and so have several
other large marinas in the area.


Must be like some sort of local insanity, same thing as natural LSD.
Are you eating moldy Rye?


The yard's insurance seems to agree.



You telling me they gave a preamium break for such stupity? Well lets
hope everyone carries sharp knives or marlin pins on the dock, so when
one of the shackled wonders catches on fire. Here we can un-tie a
burning boat with less danger.

Let me guess, Joe...you don't like it because it costs a few bucks
before and it never occured to you!!!!


Well I have seen similar in the USN moth ball fleet. But it is done to
vessels rafted together and expecting to be rafted together for
decades. Thats most likey the reason you NY's do it at the docks. The
navy uses custom swedged cables that are wormed, parcled and served,
and chaffing gear is sewn into the serving.

Tell me Rob,, just HOW and on what are your lines being chaffed so fast
that it requires shackles and thimbles?

Capt. Joe



RB
35s5
NY





Scotty July 16th 06 08:37 PM

Wrong Again...and Again....
 
Leave it to bob**** to be unable to use a simple device like
a cleat. They've only been in use for how many centuries?

Scotty


"Capt. JG" wrote in message
...
Joe, I've never even seen chaffing on cleat hitch. I've

seen chaffing where
the line passes across the boat from the dock, mostly

because the line
wasn't in the proper place or the boat hasn't been used in

a very long time.
My understanding is that a cleat hitch doesn't move (e.g.,

untie or tighten,
at least I've never seen any indication that it does), so

how could there
possibly be chaffing action upon that part of the line?

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Joe" wrote in message

oups.com..
..

Capt. Rob wrote:
If you dumb yankees learned to use a cleat the proper

way, you would
have no need for such stupity and waste.


Hey, Joe...can you explain to everyone how a

traditional cleated line
will possibly outlast the system shown in my video?


If you know how to properly tie up to a cleat you will

have no
chaffing. If you know how to properly flake line on deck

you will have
no mess on the dock. True my system of using a line life

sailors have
used line and cleats for centurys will not last longer,

but it will
last the same time, and you can use the schackle and

thimbles were they
are needed. Unless you have schackle and thimbles for

the end on the
boat your line will last no longer. I find Nylon cheap

enough to splice
up new lines when needed.


We've found lines
will last far, far longer this way because there's no

chance of chafing
at the cleat.


So you set chaffing gear in your chocks, and schackle

and thimble your
fancy chrome cleats on deck huh?

You also don't have a mess of line on the dock


I find a propery flaked line very attractive and salty

looking,

http://www.navsource.org/archives/04/0406839.jpg

and only
one end to adjust.


Well thats just great, but forget about your neighbors

re-ajusting your
lines if needed. He would have to boad your vessel.


We have found it 100% superior and so have several
other large marinas in the area.


Must be like some sort of local insanity, same thing as

natural LSD.
Are you eating moldy Rye?


The yard's insurance seems to agree.



You telling me they gave a preamium break for such

stupity? Well lets
hope everyone carries sharp knives or marlin pins on the

dock, so when
one of the shackled wonders catches on fire. Here we

can un-tie a
burning boat with less danger.

Let me guess, Joe...you don't like it because it costs

a few bucks
before and it never occured to you!!!!


Well I have seen similar in the USN moth ball fleet. But

it is done to
vessels rafted together and expecting to be rafted

together for
decades. Thats most likey the reason you NY's do it at

the docks. The
navy uses custom swedged cables that are wormed, parcled

and served,
and chaffing gear is sewn into the serving.

Tell me Rob,, just HOW and on what are your lines being

chaffed so fast
that it requires shackles and thimbles?

Capt. Joe



RB
35s5
NY







Scotty July 16th 06 08:37 PM

Wrong Again...and Again....
 

"Jeff" wrote .

Although I've seen that setup a few times for special

situations, I've
never seen it at a marina for all boats, and I've been to

a large
number of marinas, especially in the North East. Its true

that it
might be a tad more secure, but I've never seen a dock

line fail at
the dock cleat, its always been on the boat - usually at

the toerail,
etc. When the dock end fails, its because the cleat pulls

out.

The worst part of it is that I would much prefer to carry

my own
docklines with me, and I have lines made up specially for

handling
from the boat. If a marina provided those shackled lines,

I would
probably ignore them. Certainly they are useless for

approaching the
dock with a larger boat, and they would just get in the

way and
perhaps damage other lines.

Perhaps rb's slip get so much wake and chop that they need

a special
setup. Or maybe there are so many newbies that its

assumed that they
don't know how to hitch a cleat. Or maybe something about

the
dockominium regs means that management is responsible for

one end of
the line, so they prefer to make it idiot proof.


Or perhaps rb's a liar.



Scotty July 16th 06 08:39 PM

Wrong Again...and Again....
 


--
"Swab Rob" wrote

****head set up a few for the video, that's all.


Yeah...I had them made up.


It was obvious.

S



Scotty July 16th 06 08:41 PM

Wrong Again...and Again....
 


--
"Swab Rob" wrote


Call 718-885-2000 if you'd like to confirm the NMYC

charter rules. Ask
for Max, Stan or Kenny and they'll confirm what I've

already proven.


Stan said you're the biggest asshole at the marina and not
to believe one word you say.

Scotty



Capt. JG July 16th 06 09:08 PM

Wrong Again...and Again....
 
Is that a rhetorical question? :-)

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Scotty" wrote in message
. ..
Leave it to bob**** to be unable to use a simple device like
a cleat. They've only been in use for how many centuries?

Scotty


"Capt. JG" wrote in message
...
Joe, I've never even seen chaffing on cleat hitch. I've

seen chaffing where
the line passes across the boat from the dock, mostly

because the line
wasn't in the proper place or the boat hasn't been used in

a very long time.
My understanding is that a cleat hitch doesn't move (e.g.,

untie or tighten,
at least I've never seen any indication that it does), so

how could there
possibly be chaffing action upon that part of the line?

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Joe" wrote in message

oups.com..
.

Capt. Rob wrote:
If you dumb yankees learned to use a cleat the proper

way, you would
have no need for such stupity and waste.


Hey, Joe...can you explain to everyone how a

traditional cleated line
will possibly outlast the system shown in my video?

If you know how to properly tie up to a cleat you will

have no
chaffing. If you know how to properly flake line on deck

you will have
no mess on the dock. True my system of using a line life

sailors have
used line and cleats for centurys will not last longer,

but it will
last the same time, and you can use the schackle and

thimbles were they
are needed. Unless you have schackle and thimbles for

the end on the
boat your line will last no longer. I find Nylon cheap

enough to splice
up new lines when needed.


We've found lines
will last far, far longer this way because there's no

chance of chafing
at the cleat.

So you set chaffing gear in your chocks, and schackle

and thimble your
fancy chrome cleats on deck huh?

You also don't have a mess of line on the dock

I find a propery flaked line very attractive and salty

looking,

http://www.navsource.org/archives/04/0406839.jpg

and only
one end to adjust.

Well thats just great, but forget about your neighbors

re-ajusting your
lines if needed. He would have to boad your vessel.


We have found it 100% superior and so have several
other large marinas in the area.

Must be like some sort of local insanity, same thing as

natural LSD.
Are you eating moldy Rye?


The yard's insurance seems to agree.


You telling me they gave a preamium break for such

stupity? Well lets
hope everyone carries sharp knives or marlin pins on the

dock, so when
one of the shackled wonders catches on fire. Here we

can un-tie a
burning boat with less danger.

Let me guess, Joe...you don't like it because it costs

a few bucks
before and it never occured to you!!!!


Well I have seen similar in the USN moth ball fleet. But

it is done to
vessels rafted together and expecting to be rafted

together for
decades. Thats most likey the reason you NY's do it at

the docks. The
navy uses custom swedged cables that are wormed, parcled

and served,
and chaffing gear is sewn into the serving.

Tell me Rob,, just HOW and on what are your lines being

chaffed so fast
that it requires shackles and thimbles?

Capt. Joe



RB
35s5
NY








Capt. JG July 16th 06 09:10 PM

Wrong Again...and Again....
 
I wonder if he has any pictures of how he uses a cleat. Perhaps we can
diagnose why he's getting chafe on them.

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Scotty" wrote in message
. ..
Leave it to bob**** to be unable to use a simple device like
a cleat. They've only been in use for how many centuries?

Scotty


"Capt. JG" wrote in message
...
Joe, I've never even seen chaffing on cleat hitch. I've

seen chaffing where
the line passes across the boat from the dock, mostly

because the line
wasn't in the proper place or the boat hasn't been used in

a very long time.
My understanding is that a cleat hitch doesn't move (e.g.,

untie or tighten,
at least I've never seen any indication that it does), so

how could there
possibly be chaffing action upon that part of the line?

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Joe" wrote in message

oups.com..
.

Capt. Rob wrote:
If you dumb yankees learned to use a cleat the proper

way, you would
have no need for such stupity and waste.


Hey, Joe...can you explain to everyone how a

traditional cleated line
will possibly outlast the system shown in my video?

If you know how to properly tie up to a cleat you will

have no
chaffing. If you know how to properly flake line on deck

you will have
no mess on the dock. True my system of using a line life

sailors have
used line and cleats for centurys will not last longer,

but it will
last the same time, and you can use the schackle and

thimbles were they
are needed. Unless you have schackle and thimbles for

the end on the
boat your line will last no longer. I find Nylon cheap

enough to splice
up new lines when needed.


We've found lines
will last far, far longer this way because there's no

chance of chafing
at the cleat.

So you set chaffing gear in your chocks, and schackle

and thimble your
fancy chrome cleats on deck huh?

You also don't have a mess of line on the dock

I find a propery flaked line very attractive and salty

looking,

http://www.navsource.org/archives/04/0406839.jpg

and only
one end to adjust.

Well thats just great, but forget about your neighbors

re-ajusting your
lines if needed. He would have to boad your vessel.


We have found it 100% superior and so have several
other large marinas in the area.

Must be like some sort of local insanity, same thing as

natural LSD.
Are you eating moldy Rye?


The yard's insurance seems to agree.


You telling me they gave a preamium break for such

stupity? Well lets
hope everyone carries sharp knives or marlin pins on the

dock, so when
one of the shackled wonders catches on fire. Here we

can un-tie a
burning boat with less danger.

Let me guess, Joe...you don't like it because it costs

a few bucks
before and it never occured to you!!!!


Well I have seen similar in the USN moth ball fleet. But

it is done to
vessels rafted together and expecting to be rafted

together for
decades. Thats most likey the reason you NY's do it at

the docks. The
navy uses custom swedged cables that are wormed, parcled

and served,
and chaffing gear is sewn into the serving.

Tell me Rob,, just HOW and on what are your lines being

chaffed so fast
that it requires shackles and thimbles?

Capt. Joe



RB
35s5
NY








Bob Crantz July 17th 06 02:47 AM

Wrong Again...and Again....
 

"Jeff" wrote in message
. ..
Scotty wrote:
"Joe" wrote in message
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWe_Lf71o1U
Do the idiots have shackles and thimbles on the boats

cleats too?
If you dumb yankees learned to use a cleat the proper way,

you would
have no need for such stupity and waste.


Uh, Joe, not all Yankees are dumb. No one uses shackles like
that, ****head set up a few for the video, that's all.


Although I've seen that setup a few times for special situations, I've
never seen it at a marina for all boats, and I've been to a large number
of marinas, especially in the North East. Its true that it might be a tad
more secure, but I've never seen a dock line fail at the dock cleat, its
always been on the boat - usually at the toerail, etc. When the dock end
fails, its because the cleat pulls out.

The worst part of it is that I would much prefer to carry my own docklines
with me, and I have lines made up specially for handling from the boat.
If a marina provided those shackled lines, I would probably ignore them.
Certainly they are useless for approaching the dock with a larger boat,
and they would just get in the way and perhaps damage other lines.

Perhaps rb's slip get so much wake and chop that they need a special
setup. Or maybe there are so many newbies that its assumed that they
don't know how to hitch a cleat. Or maybe something about the dockominium
regs means that management is responsible for one end of the line, so they
prefer to make it idiot proof.


Occam's Razor: The boats are semi-permanately attached to the dock.




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