all tied up.

[powerskipper]

How many coils of ropes do you have on board.
Enough to tie up each corner /forums/images/icons/wink.gif and one spare.
1 or 2 being very long ones./forums/images/icons/smile.gif
And with this talk of knifes , have you ever had to use your knife on any of your ropes.

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[Wiggo]

2 x 15m mooring warps (14mm)
2 x 20m mooring warps (16mm)
1 x 40m mooring warp (16mm)
2 x 20m spares (12mm)
1 x 40m octoplait anchor warp (16mm) with kedging anchor

That enough?

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[snowleopard]

i bought a huge coil and cut it into

6 x 10m
4 x 20m
2 x 30m
and the remaining 80m for emergencies/spare.

i identify the sizes with 1, 2 or 3 whippings at each end.

and yes, i once had to cut a lashing when my leg got trapped behind a guard wire with me hanging overboard suspended by one leg!!


oh, yes, and 90m anchor rode, 50m for the kedge, 120m for the para-anchor and more old halliards than you can shake a stick at.<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1>Edited by snowleopard on 14/12/2004 15:41 (server time).</FONT></P>

 

[Evadne]

SWMBO thinks I have a thing about rope, though I'll not go into that here. I have 4 or 5 short lines (<50') and about the same number of long ones (50'-100'). Plus a lot of odds and ends. A lot is very pre-stretched polyprop, with some 3-strand nylon. We have a deep-sea moorings group here and at irregular intervals they throw out several thousand metres of the stuff. When it happens its like throwing a bag of croissants into a field full of crows, lots of elbowing and flashing of knives amongst the yachties and fishermen. The difficult bit is hiding it at home and smuggling it down to the boat without her noticing. The last time it was a lovely bit of 50mm diameter multibraid. Not sure what I'm going to use it for, but there's about 10m in the loft.

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[powerskipper]

WoW. that a good lot of rope. ready for anything by the look of it.

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[dralex]

I lurve string- the more the better, and if I get bored, I just splice more sail ties and dog leads. I must admit I have a very colourful selection of mooring warps- I've not really got around to replacing them all at the same time- bit like my multicoloured selection of fenders- my favourite is the "Brown Squidger"

More seriously, I have enough to put double individual warps for bow line, sternline and springs and also have two very long multipurpose ones for towing/rafting etc. I also have a spare main halyard length of rope, which is 14mm, non strestch and could be used for lots of things if the need arose.

I actually threw some rope away earlier this year, despite it's awful state, it still disappeared from the boatyard skip within 30 minutes.

I love rope /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif

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[snowleopard]

\'i love rope\'

bet you can't walk past those 'bargain bins' at shows without having a rummage!

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[dralex]

Re: \'i love rope\'

mmm- pretty colours

nearly as good as shiny things

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[Robin]

You are seriously under-roped Julie, or not yet old enough to really get your collection going! Most yotties will down grade old halyards and sheets (puller uppers and puller inners) over time and though these are prestretched and not ideal they will be drawn into use for mooring warps etc. Then of course we will also have a pristine full set of nice stretchy nylon ones, but it is a shame to get them dirty so we use the old halyards/sheets. On our berth we will have fully tailored heavy duty nylon ones as wel but these stay put and don't get to ride with us. nearly 40 years ago I used to rock climb and my old climbing rope is still on board as a long shore line, sad or what!

We actually piled a collection on the pontoon last year and had a giveaway sale, they all disappeared in minutes and we still have lockers full!

Never had to use a knife in anger fortunately in over 30 years so mine is not part of my sailing wardrobe. I have a selection from fileting knives to folding via kitchen and Stanley varieties, none are far away and we keep a multitool set in the cockpit and another in the grab bag.l

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[Wiggo]

Re: \'i love rope\'

who can? It's impossible, AFAIK...

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[dralex]

Are 40 year old climbing ropes dynamic, or did you fall on it so may times it is now prestrestched? /forums/images/icons/smile.gif Is it hemp /forums/images/icons/wink.gif. In my day of climbing, ropes were designed to have about 10% elasticity to absorb shock loadings during falls, which wouldn't make a very useful shoreline.

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[Evadne]

Re: \'i love rope\'

Do you remember when British Ropes first did their "bargain bags" of string at the Earls Court boat show? They were "tangles" where the spooling machines had got it wrong during the previous year and they went for 50p each. I spent several happy winters untangling several miles of 2mm and 3mm braidline, then wondering what to do with it all. Still got most of it, not to mention an impressive bell pull, courtesy of Mr Ashley.

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[Wiggo]

I also have a ball gag, a collection of riding crops, a rubber hood... Oh, sorry, wrong board.

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[dralex]

See chain coiling post !!!

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[Sgeir]

OLD CLIMBING ROPES

It's all coming out now. We carry 150' (pre-metric) of Viking No4 cable laid - very handy as a backup shoreline, or more often, to attach to second anchor chain.

The stretch isn't a problem, in fact, seems sensible for those uses.

Still haven't had the heart to abuse my (later) kernmantel climbing ropes yet.

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[dralex]

Re: OLD CLIMBING ROPES

Viking No4- sounds like pipe tobacco- those are ropes from the days of DonWhillans, Flat Caps and Hob Nails- true hard buggers.

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[ccscott49]

4x 20mm x 10m
4 x 20mm x 20m
4 x 18mm x 50m
2 x 24mm x 50m
4 x 12mm x 15m
4 x 20mm octoplait x 50m

Plus a bunch of odds and sods, spare halyards etc.
When you cruise Greece, you will inderstand what the long warps are for. Double as kedge spare anchor warps.
Resist cutting rope, if you do, it is never long enough again!

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[Sybarite]

<< Enough to tie up each corner and one spare.>>
Plus two springs on each side if you are rafting up (assuming the other boat doesn't contribute + two long ones as mooring warps and then several very long ones (>50m) for shore lines when necessary or for trailing in a byte.

When leaving the boat for a long time in, the marina I tie up up normally and then double up with old sacrificial ropes to take the strain.

John.

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[Robin]

Never raced or rallied and not hemp (cheeky whippersnapper /forums/images/icons/smile.gif) but good stretchy 3 strand nylon, ideal for snatch loads on shorelines or as a kedge warp.

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[Robin]

Re: OLD CLIMBING ROPES

I had hob nails and steel braced commandos before the gymshoe thingies came out (had an early pair). I was trying to remember the two writers from back then who did the guide books, one for all the walks (Wales, Lakes and Scotland) and the other (Joe....) the climb routes/grades, used to do TV climbs too like on the Old Man Of Hoy(???). Blacks mountain tents and clothing, Kendal mint cake....

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