I have always kept a knife at the mast and binnacle. I have yet to sink the boat to test the binnacle knife but we did save my brand new kevlar 150 from self-destructing with the mast knife.
David F. Risch 1981 40-2 (401) 419-4650 (cell) > From: oldste...@sympatico.ca > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 09:30:20 -0500 > Subject: Stus-List Painter Attachment to Boat > > Maybe all know this and maybe not - If you're towing a dinghy and your boat > holes and sinks, it will take the dinghy with it. > Unless you can untie or cut the painter really fast. In the midst of the > emergency when you're trying to figure out what happened, where the water is > coming in, if there is anything you can do about it, making the decision to > stay with or abandon ship - much happening all at once and in a short time. > With everything else going on I'm not confident I would get the painter > untied in time. > > For those who have considered this, how do you attach your painter? Has > anyone ever experienced something like this? > A slip knot is not secure. A breakable link - what if it breaks when there's > no emergency? Is a sharp knife the best bet? Which means it cannot be > 'nearby', it has to be with you. (Mine clips on my PFD) > > I did my first cruise in 1985 and never thought of this in 29 years until > the Antigua trip in November, someone brought this up as an issue. > > Comments? > > Steve Hood > S/V Diamond Girl > C&C 34 > Lions Head ON > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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