The article specifically says that the timber hitch doesn't work on flat-sided booms and I should use a bowline instead, but I never knew that before so it doesn't matter. Why would you run it through the grommet first? Serious question, I thought it was a little cleaner lead as I showed it.
Jim Watts Paradigm Shift C&C 35 Mk III Victoria, BC On 29 November 2015 at 17:32, Andrew Burton via CnC-List < [email protected]> wrote: > Jim, I don't like to use a bowline, but leaving that alone, I would lead > the reef line through the grommet and around the boom before tying it on > with whatever Knot you use. > > Andy > C&C 40 > Peregrine > > Andrew Burton > 61 W Narragansett > Newport, RI > USA 02840 > > http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ > +401 965-5260 > > On Nov 29, 2015, at 20:21, Jim Watts via CnC-List <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Picture: http://i.imgur.com/ORxsWEX.jpg?1 > > Jim Watts > Paradigm Shift > C&C 35 Mk III > Victoria, BC > > On 29 November 2015 at 17:16, Michael Crombie via CnC-List < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Dave, >> >> I borrowed a rivet gun from pal on my dock and put a padeye (not sure it >> this is the right terminology - basically a U-shaped fitting) onto the boom. >> >> I run the bitter end to that and tie it off. I angled it so that the two >> rivets are in line with the reef line. Works very well!! >> >> Mike >> Atacama 33ii >> Sent wirelessly from my BlackBerry device on the Bell network. >> Envoyé sans fil par mon terminal mobile BlackBerry sur le réseau de Bell. >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Email address: >> [email protected] >> To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the >> bottom of page at: >> http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >> >> > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > [email protected] > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > [email protected] > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > >
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