[Rhodes22-list] Mike W. - wire tie is generic

[elle]

Ed, 

You left out the 'Harrumph" at the end...

;^)   

elle

--- Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:

> 
> Mike:
> 
> Wire tie is generic for nylon wire tie available in
> many brands.  As to UV,
> try the black ones from Home Depot in the wire
> department.  Yes mine only
> lasted four years.  Again, you guys are apprently
> affraid to step the mast
> on a Rhodes 22.  Mike must leave his up during the
> winter?  What is there to
> replacing a wire tie holding a small block every
> couple of years?  
> 
> Check the archives for uses of wire ties... We used
> to have a Rhodie who
> used them for all kinds of applications... He and
> Rummy used to have it out
> about using them... Maybe that is why he left, may
> he sail in peace.
> 
> Yes, a nylon wire tie will work easily for several
> years.  
> 
> And what is there to putting a small pad eye up the
> mast?  
> 
> This is what a liberal education has done to
> Americans.  Affraid to do
> anything.  
> 
> An electric drill will drill two holes in a mast in
> short order.  Tap the
> holes and use machine screws with anti seeze and it
> will outlive the boat.  
> 
> It seems that creeping socialism has done away with
> initiative and gumption.
> 
> Ed K
> Greenville, SC, USA
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We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.

 1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"   (Lady in Red)


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