Waterproof labels for rope clutches

Training. Wont need labels... not being flippant here, tried everything. Nothing works so much as operating yer reefs, halyards, furlers again and again.

Never met a label yet that survives first contact with weather.

Hope this helps!
 
I bought a set from a chandler for our last boat. Cleaned the surface properly with meths before applying. They still looked good after 7years.
 
Most clutch makers have labels you can buy, some glow in the dark too. Your best bet though is colour coding using stripy for sheets and solids for the halyards sticking to a colour for each sail. These will then hopefully be easier to pick up for new crew but I'd have a label too just in case.
 
MoodyNick said:
Have previously used different forms of printed or embossed labels but they all fade, lose their stickiness or fall apart.

I want something which is robust and easily readable by torchlight.

What's the best long term solution?
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ask me next season.

Work now has a whizzy U/V capable label printer that cuts out the surround to your choice of size and type your own label.

Intended environment is top of exposed poles all over the world,(but of course they have to be Environmentally tested in Poole.....)

S**t weather has prevented me fitting them yet.
 
I use a modern Dymo machine to print labels. I have tried various versions and the black on white, plastic versions seem to last best. They seem to survive about 4-months before going too brown and at least 6-months replace moving unstuck.

I replace labels for 8 clutches every 3 or 4-months or so and I am still on the first reel after 3-years. The good thing is that you can adjust the text size and direction to optimise the fit to the recess in the clutch levers.

I have resisted the temptation to stick contents labels over every locker lid!
 
Too late but the most clear and robust I've ever seen was some engraved labels, of the kind in the piccie, that were stuck next to the bank of clutches of the coachroof.. He'd even got the lettering slightly luminous somehow.

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grumpy_o_g said:
Too late but the most clear and robust I've ever seen was some engraved labels, of the kind in the piccie, that were stuck next to the bank of clutches of the coachroof.. He'd even got the lettering slightly luminous somehow.

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I'd second that; 'tis certainly the Rolls Royce option. You're probably looking at £3-4 for each label, but then you'll only ever need to do it once!
 
The best I've seen longevity wise are old school embossed dymo labels that are then varnished over once fitted.
The ones on my dads boat are still there 25 years after fitting them.

They don't last long if you don't varnish them though.
 
G12 said:
The best I've seen longevity wise are old school embossed dymo labels that are then varnished over once fitted.
The ones on my dads boat are still there 25 years after fitting them.

They don't last long if you don't varnish them though.
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It's what i'd use too.
I've got some on the boat which have lasted a few years now without being varnished over

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