Michael Daly writes: > <snip - a discussion of hazards of using a third bar on a front cab > of a pickup truck> > > PS - this is similar of course to the problem of reefing hard on the bow > and stern lines if you tie down the ends of your kayak. Pardon my nautical ignorance, but does reefing refer to tightening a line as well (as the definition below)? When looking up reefing, I find - reef (noun) 1 : a part of a sail taken in or let out in regulating size 2 : reduction in sail area by reefing reef (verb) 1 : to reduce the area of (a sail) by rolling or folding a portion 2 : to lower or bring inboard (a spar) wholly or partially intransitive senses : to reduce a sail by taking in a reef Is having taut bow and stern tie down lines a problem? What have people experienced or heard about this? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- snark_at_tulgey.org aka Glen Acord http://www.tulgey.org/~snark if ($snark eq "boojum") {vanish("softly","suddenly")} *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Aug 07 2000 - 08:37:54 PDT
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