It hadn't occurred to me before, but if your tow line was snubbed by a cam cleat on your deck, like mine is, and did not have any knots in it, you could adjust the length by pulling the excess line through the cam cleat. This way you could go shorter than 25 feet, if you wished. The down side is that the excess would probably have to trail in the water. Also, if you had to release the line in an emergency, it could possibly snarl and jam in the cam cleat's fairlead. I keep my tow line chained until I need the extra length. To keep the chain from unraveling, a bungie hook fastened to the line holds the last loop. Some rigs that I have seen use a stainless steel snap hook for that purpose. Chuck Holst, -----Original Message----- From: Michael R Noyes [mailto:mnoyes_at_gsinet.net] OK, "simple" question. Why can't the tow rope have a sliding adjuster on it like they put on tent guy ropes? That way you could adjust the length anywhere from 50 feet down to 25 and only have one rope. Is something escaping me here? Mike *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Dec 10 1999 - 13:56:23 PST
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