If a jobs worth doing etc.

[Daydream believer]

Handy tip that . May send it to PBO. They pay £ 50 for such ideas

 

[JumbleDuck]

Handy tip that . May send it to PBO. They pay £ 50 for such ideas

Dick Everett has probably done it, using bungee instead of a cable tie. Mike Peyton will have done a cartoon about it, calling the boat "First Contact". Tom Cunliffe will have dragged out an archaic sailing term for it and instructions on how to undo it will have appeared in "Winterise your boat" every year since 1975.

 

[Black Sheep]

Any MAB owner will tell you that's an ugly way of going about it. Instead of a modern plastic cable tie, the connection should be secured by whipping with waxed hemp twine, and protected with a layer of Stockholm tar.

 

[Tanqueray]

Proper wooden boat owners leave a decent safety gap of several feet between the cable and the terminal. Electrons are carried across in a canvas bucket as required and any excess returned forthwith.

 

[Tomaret]

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At first I thought that not trimming the tie was really the problem, but then I looked more closely.

I have to say that given my skills, my motto is If a job’s worth doing, it’s worth doing properly, so pay an expert.

 

[wiggy]

Never use a cable ties for this purpose, it’s obviously a job for self amalgamating tape.

 

[Black Sheep]

Never use a cable ties for this purpose, it’s obviously a job for self amalgamating tape.

Hmmmm..... I have a feeling I may have used a clothes peg for this job, in the past

 

[Boathook]

Hmmmm..... I have a feeling I may have used a clothes peg for this job, in the past

Thats a bit old fashioned!

 

[WoodyP]

I much prefer the permanent solution so a jubilee clip is the way to go. I don't charge for sharing my expertise, it's pro bono.

 

[Bristolfashion]

Alfa. Please.

(pedant and owner).

Why's it "Alfa" and not "Alfa Romeo" - they seem to use the latter on the website, model name etc?

 

[Hydrozoan]

I think that black ties are a bit sordid and prefer white, which show up better.

But the main advantage of white ties - and this takes us back to where we came in - is that you need the tails.

 

[anoccasionalyachtsman]

Why's it "Alfa" and not "Alfa Romeo" - they seem to use the latter on the website, model name etc?

Because...

@Dan Tribe spelt Romeo correctly (or rather, his autocorrect left it alone).

........... jump start my car from another car. Alpha Romeo battery terminals.......

And yes, properly it is Alfa Romeo, although a lot of owners refer to them as Alfas. (Like wise Rolls and Aston).

 

[WoodyP]

But the main advantage of white ties - and this takes us back to where we came in - is that you need the tails.

Black ties matter. More formal

 

[Dan Tribe]

I laughed at this bodge but then remembered that I have used Mole grips in the past to overcome a temprary problem.
Probably because I'm of a generation that owned clapped out boats and vehicles and you had to know "get you home" tricks.

 

[Zagato]

Is it your installation, perchance?

Richard

Not this this time Richard but I can never remember which lead goes on and off first but I blame that on the Rioja!

Chris