That's called "mousing" the hook. The main cause of the hook coming out is too little loop of chain between the boat and the hook.
Norm S/V Bandersnatch Lying Julington Creek 30 07.695N 081 38.484W > I have found that sometimes, even though I try to load it as Ron > suggests the hook drops off of the chain. I obtained a piece of > tourniquet from a friendly nurse, constructed a rubber band using Marine > Goop. It works great and I've still got lots of material left over for > more, if necessary. See http://windangel.org/images/hook-keeper.jpg for > a picture. > > Jim. _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
