Al Gearing
Burleson, Texas
Boat Name: Torch of Freedom
Model/Year: C-22 '76
Hull No. 6448
Hailing Port: Arlington YC |
 03/03/2006 9:16 PM Pacific Time
A few years ago at some regatta here in Texas they gave out some bugee cords with the registration. I find them especially good but I cannot find where to buy more. They have only one hook or wedge that you slide the bugee into to hold it at any length or tension you need. The 'hook' is a simple flat 1/8" black plastic with a 7/8" hole for your finger and a 3/8" hole for the bungee and a tang to form the wedge. The name on the side is CINCH-IT!, I've tried Google and all the forms of 'Cinch it' that I can think of without luck. Does anyone happen to know where I can buy some?
Thanks, Al Ge |
Al Gearing
Burleson, Texas
Boat Name: Torch of Freedom
Model/Year: C-22 '76
Hull No. 6448
Hailing Port: Arlington YC |
03/03/2006 9:17 PM Pacific Time
Oops, that should be bungee, sorry.
Al Ge |
Bob Vick
Caldwell, TX
Boat Name: Over Keel
Model/Year: <1985
Hull No. 13059
Hailing Port: Lake Somerville |
03/04/2006 6:12 AM Pacific Time
Al,
I bought a kit that had some like that in it, at Sams or Lowes. I have not seen an individual pack like that & you are right there are no sharp sail cutting edges & might work as well as double sided Velcro for sail ties etc.
Bob
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Al Gearing
Burleson, Texas
Boat Name: Torch of Freedom
Model/Year: C-22 '76
Hull No. 6448
Hailing Port: Arlington YC |
03/05/2006 8:43 AM Pacific Time
Thanks, Bob, for the hint, I'll try them, didn't really think of none marine places.
Al Ge |
Peter
Stamford, CT
Boat Name: Au Contraire
Model/Year: Catalina 22 1986
Hull No. 13325
Hailing Port: Stamford |
03/06/2006 4:56 AM Pacific Time
A quick word of caution to Bob.
Velcro is not the best thing to use as sail ties. They can start pulling at the weekend threads in a sail and make them deteriorate much faster. |
Geoff Endris
Carmel, IN
Boat Name: Repose
Model/Year: 1989
Hull No. 14949
Hailing Port: Indianapolis, IN |
03/06/2006 6:40 PM Pacific Time
I bought something similar to what you describe at Meijer. I found them near the tarps.
Geoff |
Steven Keplinger
Severna Park MD 21146
Boat Name: Nifty
Model/Year: 1978
Hull No. CTYH7999M78B
Hailing Port: Round Bay |
03/08/2006 1:47 PM Pacific Time
In my workshop, I hang all manner of stuff from exposed joists, an ten foot long pipe over the bench, etc. etc. I use 1/4" nylon "parachute" cord. I tie one or two inch bowlines in each end of the cord. The length of each completed tie varies from four or five inches to well over a foot. In use, the line wraps around the thing to be hung, one bowline passes through the other, and the free loop hangs whatever needs to be hung.
On board, I tie off sails and suchlike the same way, except after passing one bowline through the other, I tuck in under the wrap just like a timber-hitch. It won't fail. And it's free. In this application there's no need for the second bowline; however, since that's how I find 'em in my possibles bag, that's how they get used.
They're also just right for quickly securing noisy shrouds, coils of line, a tiller that requires a third hand and so forth.
Unlike commercial fasteners, you can always get one just the right size. Now. |
Al Gearing
Burleson, Texas
Boat Name: Torch of Freedom
Model/Year: C-22 '76
Hull No. 6448
Hailing Port: Arlington YC |
07/11/2006 11:57 AM Pacific Time
I found them, they are called Cinch-It.
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Mariner Sails Wind & Water Sports
972-241-1498 ext 203
972-241-1528 fax
1-800-536-9463
www.mariner-sails.com
has them. Turns out they are a bit pricey $2.65 each but I will get some anyway, I need another long one for furling the main.
They are totally adjustable to any length you need, just pull the bungee into the slot anywhere you need for the tightness that you want.
For what it's worth,
Al Ge |
Al Gearing
Burleson, Texas
Boat Name: Torch of Freedom
Model/Year: C-22 '76
Hull No. 6448
Hailing Port: Arlington YC |
07/11/2006 12:05 PM Pacific Time
Steven, I use to use ties like you describe above, I read your input after I wrote mine above. I wish I had read it last March, somehow I missed it. I guess I will make up some of those, I had forgotten about them. I had little hooks in the rope locker on TORCH with them on it and others about the boat. Never thought of using them for sail ties, thanks for reminding me.
Al Ge |
