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

[Rik Sandberg]

Agree, black ty-wraps are by far the most UV resistant. Get 3M brand if 
you can.... consistently strong

Rik

"Stupid is supposed to be painful" .... Rik Sandberg



Tootle 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
> See Cartoon:
> http://www.nabble.com/file/p16808006/The%2Btrouble%2Bwith.gif
> The+trouble+with.gif 
>