Knife sounds good. I keep one in a plastic holster attached to the binnacle.
Rich > On Jan 16, 2014, at 10:30, OldSteveH <oldste...@sympatico.ca> wrote: > > Maybe all know this and maybe not - If you're towing a dinghy and your boat > holes and sinks, it will take the dinghy with it. > Unless you can untie or cut the painter really fast. In the midst of the > emergency when you're trying to figure out what happened, where the water is > coming in, if there is anything you can do about it, making the decision to > stay with or abandon ship - much happening all at once and in a short time. > With everything else going on I'm not confident I would get the painter > untied in time. > > For those who have considered this, how do you attach your painter? Has > anyone ever experienced something like this? > A slip knot is not secure. A breakable link - what if it breaks when there's > no emergency? Is a sharp knife the best bet? Which means it cannot be > 'nearby', it has to be with you. (Mine clips on my PFD) > > I did my first cruise in 1985 and never thought of this in 29 years until > the Antigua trip in November, someone brought this up as an issue. > > Comments? > > Steve Hood > S/V Diamond Girl > C&C 34 > Lions Head ON > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
