mcframe
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Sorted by length, using the resistor colour code?
Uses for old Sheets and Halyards
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Sorted by length, using the resistor colour code?
JimC
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The resistor colour code is also handy for marking your anchor chain/rope so you know how much is out (green = 40 metres or 40 feet etc).
Someyone has suggested that old sheets & haliards shouldn't be used for mooring as they lack stretch. Myself I use them when I need extra long lines to reach the outside of a big raft. Over a long length like this there is a fair amount of give in them (doesn't apply to Dynema of course).
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jac
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I think that was me.
I can see the logic with a Halliard, especially if led back to the cockpit, could easily be 1.5 to 2 boat lengths overall. My Genoa sheets though are only about a boat length so no longer than normal mooring lines.
I think that I could very easily become a rope fetishist. Local riggers had a large bin of ends for £1 each and was very tempted to purchase. Now tempted to go for some proper but stretchy lines, around 25m - 30m in length which should cover rafts up to about 7 or 8 deep
Searush
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Old climbing ropes make good warps for rafting up.