The Defender sale starts on the 27th. It hurts less when its on sale. Joel 35/3 Annapolis
On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 9:36 AM, Bill Coleman <colt...@verizon.net> wrote: > Bob, > > Save yourself a lot of anguish, close your eyes and just buy the tethers > made for the job. > > It only hurts once, when you enter the credit card number. > > > > The boat ends are made to prevent accidental openings with two finger > operation. And the releasable snapshackle is important. > > These have been through an evolution since the Fastnet, and are pretty > well refined now. > > The problem with us sailors is that we are cheap to the point of costing > ourselves extra $$ in what becomes the second or third time around. > > > > Bill Coleman > > C&C 39 [image: animated_favicon1] > > > > *From:* CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of > *bobmor99 > . > *Sent:* Sunday, March 23, 2014 9:30 PM > *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com > *Subject:* Stus-List Cheaper Tether > > > > I'll be crewing in a few weeks on my first multi-night offshore passage. > Among the items I need to procure are a harness and tether. > > Marine tethers seem very overpriced so I've been looking into mountain > climbing gear substitutes. > > Any concerns mating these carabiners: > > > > > http://www.moosejaw.com/moosejaw/shop/product_Black-Diamond-Neutrino-Carabiner_10003048_10208_10000001_-1_ > > > > with these runners (thinking of a 120 cm coupled with a 240 cm (total of 3 > carabiners)): > > > > > http://www.moosejaw.com/moosejaw/shop/product_Black-Diamond-10mm-Dynex-Runners_10031236_10208_10000001_-1_ > > > > to make a tether? > > > > Bob M > > Ox 33-1 > > Jax, FL > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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