djr
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Can I order some from you 
Advice needed - Cockpit bags
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Refueler
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I bought 5 string bags for 10e ....
TSB240
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Why buy a string bag? I use the Tesco Drawstring loose vegetable bags for all my cockpit lines.
They have lasted at least one season.
They allow your lines to dry out.
You can see the line marking colors through them as they are opaque..
They have lasted at least one season.
They allow your lines to dry out.
You can see the line marking colors through them as they are opaque..
Frayed Knot
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Sorry, it’s strictly a hobbyCan I order some from you
Plus, I don’t even pretend to be up to professional standards (yet)
Refueler
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No-one provides string bags here ... they are a reminder of Soviet times ..
When I got mine of eBay .. wife saw them and wanted a couple .. so I had to order more. Every shop she produces them in - gets smiles and comments !!
The eBay ones are actually strong and good quality .. and in different colours ...
OK - I originally bought them for dividing up gear and making easy to lift out from the on-board fridge .. but they make excellent line holders. As you say - lines can be seen ... lines dry out ...
Reusable String Shopping Grocery Bag Shopper Tote Mesh Net Woven Cotton Bags | eBay
OK error ... they cost a bit more than I remembered .... but they are good quality ..
LiftyK
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You can get string bags from a scuba diving shop. They are known as goody bags and come in a range of sizes.
Snowgoose-1
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The downsides with halyard bags and lines back to the cockpit is that they take up space for instruments on small boats . As the march of technology moves forever forward, I now have a couple on a swing out boom.
Frayed Knot
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As was the 9v battery powered echo sounder on my first (17’ plywood) cruiser.
Refueler
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Seafarer ??
I have a couple of them somewhere ... in fact just taken another one of my 38 ....
Neeves
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I think a lot of people should be sent to Scotland for re-education.
Acrylic canvas? - what do you do, or others do, with old Dacron sails. Your sheet/halyard bags will cost a fraction of that Stg8 you paid for the spool of thread, you will recycle a sail that would have sat in land fill for 100s of years and the bag(s) you make will be exactly what you want. Don't have a sail that needs retiring (you will, soon), just look in the marina skip.
Jonathan
Frayed Knot
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What do I do with old Dacron sails?
Sell ‘em on eBay.
Sell ‘em on eBay.
Frayed Knot
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Possibly but it was the early eighties - I barely remember which make I have now. And it’s right in front of me.
