Sunsail boat holed

[Firefly625]

you can undo a round turn and 2 half hitches after it's been loaded and when it's still under load.......

If you do want to use a bowline I recommend a long tail and put a hitch in it. Then it is fine.

after 40 years of doing bowlines without a hitch...

 

[itchenseadog]

Never had a bowline give way or slacken yet. For loads under tension I have always favoured a locking hitch rather than a round turn and two half hitches. Just personal mind you.

 

[Jim@sea]

It does look thin. Boats today are subject to "Portion Control" Was it Colin Chapman who said "It takes an engineer to design something which will just do the job.
This boat does what it is supposed to do. It floats. Its not supposed to hit things. Hence the weakness.

 

[jrudge]

I believe she collided with this one, from what I read on a friends facebook

So all in all looking at the mast it was not really Sunsails day was it!

 

[diligaf]

He looks strangely proud of himself......!

 

[gjgm]

pretty minor compared to the Volvo 65 damage.. half of the boat is missing!
(see YBW.com)

 

[PetiteFleur]

You serious Elessar? I just don't see that. I've never had such a problem with a bowline ever in my life and I don't expect to!
(Admittedly the one in the picture isn't the world's neatest, but it is I think a correctly threaded bowline)

YES - it can shake loose, I was fitting my cover over the 4x2 I'd rigged up in lieu of the boom and had tied a line to the eyelet on one corner with a bowline and then tried to tighten but as it was a bit windy it did flog a bit. I climbed up the ladder to tighten the line and it jammed so I got hold of the line and tugged with both hands and promptly fell off the ladder! Fortunately without any damage apart from a bruise on my hip.
Incidently, I also found round turn and two half hitches also came loose when windy.....?

 

[Firefly625]

Anyone read the sunsail thread on scuttlebutt, it's all handbags at dawn...

 

[lionelz]

Anyone read the sunsail thread on scuttlebutt, it's all handbags at dawn...

Have you got a link?

 

[sailorman]

Have you got a link?

would you like to be spoon fed

 

[lionelz]

Yes, as I have no Idea where to look for it what is scuttlebutt? So maybe help rather than arrogance would have been more helpful, but then again maybe not in your case :encouragement:

 

[BruceK]

I wouldn't go rubbernecking in the raggie section. You might get hit by a handbag.

 

[lionelz]

I wouldn't go rubbernecking in the raggie section. You might get hit by a handbag.

lol its all those big flappy things that do it too them