On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 00:51:31 GMT, Jere Lull wrote:

There's no appreciable chafe when it's threaded through the strands, and
ours have weathered a few nasty squalls. The wear comes from rubbing
past something. Ours are three or four seasons old and only one needs
replacement, so I'm pretty happy as they're cheap and easily read.

Just to be clear, I was talking about inserting wire ties through the
strands, as someone suggested. If I understood you correctly, you
(and I) use the marker tape, which I agree doesn't cause problems.
Other than seeming slightly un-nautical. :-)
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"Glen \"Wiley\" Wilson" wrote:

On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 00:51:31 GMT, Jere Lull wrote:

There's no appreciable chafe when it's threaded through the
strands, and ours have weathered a few nasty squalls. The wear
comes from rubbing past something. Ours are three or four seasons
old and only one needs replacement, so I'm pretty happy as they're
cheap and easily read.

Just to be clear, I was talking about inserting wire ties through the
strands, as someone suggested. If I understood you correctly, you
(and I) use the marker tape, which I agree doesn't cause problems.
Other than seeming slightly un-nautical. :-)

I don't care a whit about un-nautical or untraditional, as long as it
works ;-)

But to confirm, you won't have any problem with chafe of the wire ties.
The problem will more likely be chafe FROM the wire ties if the tails
aren't trimmed carefully.

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