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 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-Carabin er_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-Runne rs_10031236_10208_10000001_-1_ to make a tether? Bob M Ox 33-1 Jax, FL
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