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Re: Launching: Black Pearl *PIC*
By:Dan Caouette (CSFW)
Date: 6/29/2011, 2:49 pm
In Response To: Re: Launching: Black Pearl (Bryan Kapteyn)

: I have a question for you. How do you make a rope continuous when
: it goes through the Maroske fittings? Or don't you? I tried a
: short splice, but it makes the rope too fat in that spot. I also
: tried a long splice, but the boat isn't wide enough for that :-)
: I ended up making 2 short loops at each end by whipping it with
: waxed thread after connecting them together. It looks OK, but
: I'd rather not see even that.

Simple answer: I don't. I run the loop and knot the ends together. It kinda spoils the clean look but it works. There's that 5 foot rule that helps...
You can see the knot in the pic of my daughter, Lena, the "Nereida" back in 2008.

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Launching: Black Pearl *PIC*
Bryan Kapteyn -- 6/28/2011, 6:23 pm
Re: Launching: Black Pearl
Wayne One (wwfloyd) -- 6/28/2011, 6:28 pm
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Bryan Kapteyn -- 6/28/2011, 8:08 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 6/28/2011, 6:33 pm
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Bryan Kapteyn -- 6/28/2011, 8:35 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 6/29/2011, 7:00 am
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Bryan Kapteyn -- 6/29/2011, 10:43 am
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Bill Hamm -- 6/29/2011, 7:11 pm
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Kevin McAtee -- 6/28/2011, 9:52 pm
Very Sharp, Nice Job *NM*
Don Goss -- 6/28/2011, 10:30 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 6/29/2011, 8:51 am
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Bryan Kapteyn -- 6/29/2011, 10:45 am
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Bryan Kapteyn -- 6/29/2011, 10:50 am
Re: Launching: Black Pearl *PIC*
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 6/29/2011, 2:49 pm
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Bryan Kapteyn -- 6/29/2011, 3:42 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 6/29/2011, 7:15 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 6/29/2011, 3:33 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 6/29/2011, 3:35 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 6/29/2011, 7:16 pm
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Nick Riccardi -- 6/29/2011, 7:07 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 6/29/2011, 7:19 pm
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Nick Riccardi -- 6/29/2011, 8:09 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/1/2011, 2:19 am
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Tim Sheehan -- 6/30/2011, 12:37 am