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Old 27 February 2006, 22:42   #1
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Bow line chafage
I was looking threw a catalog and found a polyester "chafe guard" for docking/mooring lines. http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs...roductId=48377

Would this help with the tubes? or make it worse? and any easier ways?
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Old 27 February 2006, 22:57   #2
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Piece of hosepipe
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Old 27 February 2006, 23:26   #3
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A piece of pipe lagging does it for me.

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Old 28 February 2006, 00:01   #4
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Surely you just replace the rope when its worn.
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Old 28 February 2006, 00:07   #5
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its not the rope im worried about its the toooob
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Old 28 February 2006, 01:28   #6
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fair enough then.

Ropes are cheap. Toobs are not.
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