Babylon
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I tie the ends of my reefing lines to the boom slides with bowlines. The rope is 14mm and fairly slippery Marlow Braid. I have had them come undone (not under load). I think the cause is flogging of the sail shaking them loose. I now seize the end to the standing part.
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This has happened to me - precisely because the bowline isn't under proper load except when the reef is in. I'm inclined however to hitch the end for security rather than seize it - and eyeball it periodically.
Heads'ls also flog on occassion... do ordinary bowlines on the clew end of the sheets also sometimes shake loose?
I tie the ends of my reefing lines to the boom slides with bowlines. The rope is 14mm and fairly slippery Marlow Braid. I have had them come undone (not under load). I think the cause is flogging of the sail shaking them loose. I now seize the end to the standing part.
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This has happened to me - precisely because the bowline isn't under proper load except when the reef is in. I'm inclined however to hitch the end for security rather than seize it - and eyeball it periodically.
Heads'ls also flog on occassion... do ordinary bowlines on the clew end of the sheets also sometimes shake loose?