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How to Tie a Cleat Hitch
Cleat Hitch for a Dock Line Details
Uses: The Cleat Hitch secures a rope to a cleat. It is deceptively simple and an unwary skipper who invites visitors to cleat a mooring line may be astonished and dismayed by the unsatisfactory results. See also using a cleat hitch for Securing a Halyard.
First Horn: Initially the rope must be led round the most distant horn of the cleat followed by a turn in the same direction round the other horn. Starting round the wrong horn increases the risk of a
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5th Jul 2015
Safe Boat Towing - Beware!
Towing a Boat can be very Dangerous - There a lot of variables to consider before ever agreeing to tow or be towed by another boat. Keep in mind who will be responsible if it goes wrong and it can. TOW-MANSHIPBoating MagazineGood samaritan? Be a smart boater first.By Pierce Hoover Posted March 11, 2010The obligation to render assistance: It’s a tradition as old as the sea. But when it comes to towing another boat , your desire to play the seafaring Samaritan should be tempered by a healthy
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2nd Jun 2015
Hot Boat Ropes Launches E Commerce Site!
Welcome to our New E Commerce Site!Some might ask why we have 2 websites for for one line of products? The answer has to do with search engines and how they work with different types of websites. E commerce sites are usually more difficult to perform well with search engines such as Google. Where as, a non E Commerce site built with less complicated code, fewer categories and more information perform better. I call these sites "HTML" sites even though the code is more complex than html. Ho
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15th Feb 2014