On Wed, 15 Sep 1999 HTERVORT_at_aol.com wrote: I know that SRBs have drawbacks, but I have started > to use them in place of other hooks and biners because they are: (a) > lightweight (don't sink the towline so quickly when released); (b) cheap; > (c) unaffected by saltwater; (d) unlikely to hook onto deck fittings or > other catchalls and entrap you as a biner can so easily do; Surely none of us uses non-locking biners! and (e) a bit > more likely to break in the event of the system being loaded beyond what my > body might survive (acting as a weak-link). Interesting. That weakness has stopped me from considering using them to fasten anything, but you have a point. Another thing, however: in cold water (or with neoprene gloves on) are you going to be able to release it easily? e Elaine Harmon - eilidh_at_dc.seflin.org - eharmon_at_cs.miami.edu *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Sep 15 1999 - 12:35:25 PDT
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