Don't believe everything you read. Or seeI am constantly reading about tying handle loops onto the end of all of my sail adjustment lines, but nowhere does it say how to make the nice handle loops with like a crochet type knot to keep it open.
IF you're going to make a loop handle and want something to hold it open, get some plastic tube through which the rope just fits and use it to stiffen a simple bowline knot.
The whole point of a handle is that you don't need to squeeze the line as hard so it doesn't slip through your hand. You can therefore pull it harder.I thought the handles were there to make the line easier to grab, not to make it easier to pull harder.
I am constantly reading about tying handle loops onto the end of all of my sail adjustment lines, but nowhere does it say how to make the nice handle loops with like a crochet type knot to keep it open. I saw one video and the person did it so fast I couldn't see what he was doing.
Where can I learn how to do this?
Because we can do better. Seriously! Like I always tell the kids (and everyone else), never blindly copy successful sailors, because you can't be sure whether they're successful because they do something in a certain way, or despite that. You always have to think for yourself and ask the opposite, "why should I/we act similarly?"why should we act differently
Fully agree. If you only do exactly what the top guys are doing, the best you'll ever achieve is getting close to them, you'll never beat them. You need to think for yourself to do it better than them.Because we can do better. Seriously! Like I always tell the kids (and everyone else), never blindly copy successful sailors, because you can't be sure whether they're successful because they do something in a certain way, or despite that. You always have to think for yourself and ask the opposite, "why should I/we act similarly?"
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Wow from a '... guys I have a question about control lines' to posting to a motivational speech '...how to become the best' (paraphrasing) in 12 posts.
Using a full set of 3 plastic pieces of tubing has a disadvantage: Only the vang's can stay on, the others need to come off/on every time you (de-)rig the boat: you can't feed the line + tubing through the blocks on the deck. There's a fair chance that you'll lose the plastic handle.
Oh, we could do even better. Maybe in only 2 postsWow from a '... guys I have a question about control lines' to posting to a motivational speech '...how to become the best' (paraphrasing) in 12 posts.
As I said, I don't think you need them in the first place for systems other than the traveller and possibly the vang. I always leave the outhaul line in the deck cleat and block when unrigging, and as Rob said, you can do the same for the cunningham, too. As for losing the tubes, they're cheap and you should keep a few pre-cut spares anyway.Using a full set of 3 plastic pieces of tubing has a disadvantage: Only the vang's can stay on, the others need to come off/on every time you (de-)rig the boat: you can't feed the line + tubing through the blocks on the deck. There's a fair chance that you'll lose the plastic handle.