Anybody using these?
Anybody care to laugh at the very idea of them?

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


--Vic

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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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 wouldn't laugh, and I suppose they would give some flexibility, but I
would never use them, especially on lifelines or stanchions. Why not just
use a cleat hitch on a cleat?

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Capt. JG wrote:
"Vic Smith" wrote in message
...

Anybody using these?
Anybody care to laugh at the very idea of them?

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


--Vic



I wouldn't laugh, and I suppose they would give some flexibility, but I
would never use them, especially on lifelines or stanchions. Why not just
use a cleat hitch on a cleat?



They are for the Knot-ically challenged...

On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:36:33 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

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.

"John H." wrote in message
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On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:36:33 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

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 prefer a cow hitch plus a slippery half-hitch around the standing part,
but to each their own.

"John H." wrote in message
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On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:36:33 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

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?

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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:09:03 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

"John H." wrote in message
.. .
On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:36:33 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

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.

"John H." wrote in message
news
On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:09:03 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

"John H." wrote in message
. ..
On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:36:33 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

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).


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

On Jul 27, 2:55 pm, "Capt. JG" wrote:
"John H." wrote in message

news


On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:09:03 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

"John H." wrote in message
. ..
On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:36:33 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

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).

--
"j" ganz

Loop over the lifeline or rail then tie a prusik back onto the line.
Cost: nearly zero.

wrote in message
...
On Jul 27, 2:55 pm, "Capt. JG" wrote:
"John H." wrote in message

news


On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:09:03 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

"John H." wrote in message
. ..
On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:36:33 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

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).

--
"j" ganz

Loop over the lifeline or rail then tie a prusik back onto the line.
Cost: nearly zero.


I think it's a very bad idea to put a fender line over a lifeline or rail.
Neither is designed for the potential loads. Cost: new lifelines or rails.

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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com