aarrggh matey............do thats why pirates have eye patches gilbert ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 12:36 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Mast Ties
> Hi Brian, > > Bungee ties with balls: > > Except for very specific applications I avoid them like the plague. Why? > .........If you have one stretched around the sail on the boom, and it > slips out of your fingers, it flies back................ > > I used them once on my big boat, only to get hit in the face with the > recoiling end, and almost lost my glasses overboard. > > At that moment, I said no more bungees: they're dangerous. Thereafter I > only used tape sail stops; no hitting in the face if you drop an end! > > On my M15 I do use a bungee cord for securing the main, but it goes the > length of the boom; is attached in three places, and to use it I just > grab the bungee and pull it over the furled main and put it under a hook. > > If it gets away, at least it doesn't hit me in the eye.............! > > Connie > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
