"Commodore Joe Redcloud" wrote in message
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On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 04:54:13 -0500, rhys wrote:

On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 14:43:51 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

. A quick slash with a box cutter knife and it was
gone.

That's an ugly if necessary picture I hope never to see firsthand.

What's the difference between bolt and cable cutters, by the way?
After broaching the question, I can't recall whether what I have
stowed is identified one way or another, although they did go through
a hardened shackle and some chain links pretty easily the one time I
wielded them with intent.

R.

If you have wire rigging, bolt cutters may tend to squash the cable rather
than
cut it. Cable cutters encircle the cable and slice it more easily in most
cases.
My personal feeling is that when trying to cut away a downed rig with the
boat
tossing wildly and adrenaline up, neither hand powered tool is good for
this
job. You may be injured, and reaching what needs to be cut may be a matter
of
only having one hand available and no way to get leverage. I have an
explosive
powered cable cutter that can be operated with one hand while hanging over
the
side of the boat if necessary. You just hook it on the cable and push a
button.
It wasn't inexpensive, but safety is the wrong place to save money.



Where did you get it? We need to get one for a boat that has wire rigging.

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