The dog bones used to beat up my last crew until I bought some of the two-sided velcro strips intended to hold computer wiring together and sewed one around each dog bone at the middle. When we are not using the trapeze, with a wrap, the velcro keeps the dog bone attached to the line from the shock cord so it doesn't swing around. I may have a picture of this somewhere...
So far I have kept it simple with the stock dog bones and adjusting the length to the crew's comfort level. I have had two of the nylon stoppers break in just the last couple of months, and I'm wondering if there is a better type of stopper.
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Posted: Nov 15, 2011 - 01:24 PM
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Posted: Nov 19, 2011 - 08:53 AM
I've had really old ones break, but never a reasonably new one. I've seen where some of the big boys stack two together with the line run the same as using just one. That might be worth a try.
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Posted: Nov 21, 2011 - 03:16 PM
Jeez- good point.
Two decades in the heat in nylon time is like a hundred years.
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Bob
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Prindle 18-2 #244 "Wakizashi"
Prindle 16 #3690 "Pegasus" Sold (sigh)
AZ Multihull Fleet 42 member
(Way) Past Commodore of Prindle Fleet 14
Arizona, USA
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