"HarryKrause" wrote in message
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Yeah, the yellow crap. Floats. I hate it.

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But it does have a useful purpose. The plastic, floating, brightly colored
line is recommended (or maybe even required) for use with a life ring or
other mob floatation device.

Or as a waterski tow line.

Eisboch

"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"HarryKrause" wrote in message
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Yeah, the yellow crap. Floats. I hate it.

--

But it does have a useful purpose. The plastic, floating, brightly
colored
line is recommended (or maybe even required) for use with a life ring or
other mob floatation device.

Or as a waterski tow line.

Eisboch

Yeah, but not as docking line. If rope's not heavy enough to throw, it's
useless. Sometimes, you can simply drop that plastic crap and it'll defy
gravity & land in the wrong place. Too light & springy.

On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 16:06:38 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
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"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"HarryKrause" wrote in message
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Yeah, the yellow crap. Floats. I hate it.

--

But it does have a useful purpose. The plastic, floating, brightly
colored
line is recommended (or maybe even required) for use with a life ring or
other mob floatation device.

Or as a waterski tow line.

Eisboch

Yeah, but not as docking line. If rope's not heavy enough to throw, it's
useless. Sometimes, you can simply drop that plastic crap and it'll defy
gravity & land in the wrong place. Too light & springy.

My emergency throw bag has a braided poly rope and I can personally
speak to the effectiveness of having floating rope on a throw bag.

Later,

Tom

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 16:06:38 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
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"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"HarryKrause" wrote in message
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Yeah, the yellow crap. Floats. I hate it.

--

But it does have a useful purpose. The plastic, floating, brightly
colored
line is recommended (or maybe even required) for use with a life ring or
other mob floatation device.

Or as a waterski tow line.

Eisboch

Yeah, but not as docking line. If rope's not heavy enough to throw, it's
useless. Sometimes, you can simply drop that plastic crap and it'll defy
gravity & land in the wrong place. Too light & springy.

My emergency throw bag has a braided poly rope and I can personally
speak to the effectiveness of having floating rope on a throw bag.

Later,

Tom


It is also used on small anchor stakes with floating buoys and with drift
anchor tow ropes (attach to anchors to allow it to be retrieved if main line
breaks).

Harry wrote:

I dunno, Chuckster. I usually burn 20-30 gallons in a day of fishing
for
the paltry takings in Chesapeake Bay. For $90, my wife and I can head
out to any of many first-class restaurants and enjoy a first-class
seafood dinner WITH a bottle of wine. I suspect I will cut back on
fishing and spend my Bay boating time cruising and enjoy more time out
on the Shenandoah paddling a canoe.
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You go boating to catch fish? :-)

I'm happy to spend $XXX per day of use for my boat because it is even
more enjoyable than sharing a bottle of wine in a restaurant.

But then again I'm halfway immune from high fuel prices.
Buring about 2 gph means I can boat all day for $100, even if diesel
hits $5 a gallon. Now of course somebody will say, "But it takes you
all day to get anywhere!" and they wouldn't be totally incorrect- but
I'm still realizing fuel economy of about 4nmpg. Besides, being out on
the boat is the payoff, whether you ever "get anywhwere", catch
anything, or not.

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Harry wrote:

I dunno, Chuckster. I usually burn 20-30 gallons in a day of fishing
for
the paltry takings in Chesapeake Bay. For $90, my wife and I can head
out to any of many first-class restaurants and enjoy a first-class
seafood dinner WITH a bottle of wine. I suspect I will cut back on
fishing and spend my Bay boating time cruising and enjoy more time out
on the Shenandoah paddling a canoe.
*******************

You go boating to catch fish? :-)

I'm happy to spend $XXX per day of use for my boat because it is even
more enjoyable than sharing a bottle of wine in a restaurant.


I am like most you and most other boaters and happy to be out on the water,
even when the fish are not biting. Hell, if anyone tried to justify the
cost/pound of the fish they cost, even excluding fuel costs, they would see
that they are paying far more than restaurant prices for that fish.

Doug Kanter wrote:


Yeah, but not as docking line. If rope's not heavy enough to throw, it's
useless. Sometimes, you can simply drop that plastic crap and it'll defy
gravity & land in the wrong place. Too light & springy.


Dock lines & anchor rodes should be nylon...you want a bit of
give/stretch in the line to reduce stress on your deck hardware.
The polyproplyne stuff is recommended for things like your dinghy painter.

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Harry wrote:

I dunno, Chuckster. I usually burn 20-30 gallons in a day of fishing
for
the paltry takings in Chesapeake Bay. For $90, my wife and I can head
out to any of many first-class restaurants and enjoy a first-class
seafood dinner WITH a bottle of wine. I suspect I will cut back on
fishing and spend my Bay boating time cruising and enjoy more time out
on the Shenandoah paddling a canoe.
*******************

You go boating to catch fish? :-)

I'm happy to spend $XXX per day of use for my boat because it is even
more enjoyable than sharing a bottle of wine in a restaurant.


I am like you and most other boaters and happy to be out on the water even
when the fish are not biting. Hell, if anyone tried to justify the
cost/pound of the fish they caught, even excluding fuel costs, they would
see that they are paying far more than restaurant prices for those fish.



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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 16:06:38 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:


"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"HarryKrause" wrote in message
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Yeah, the yellow crap. Floats. I hate it.

--

But it does have a useful purpose. The plastic, floating, brightly
colored
line is recommended (or maybe even required) for use with a life ring or
other mob floatation device.

Or as a waterski tow line.

Eisboch

Yeah, but not as docking line. If rope's not heavy enough to throw, it's
useless. Sometimes, you can simply drop that plastic crap and it'll defy
gravity & land in the wrong place. Too light & springy.

My emergency throw bag has a braided poly rope and I can personally
speak to the effectiveness of having floating rope on a throw bag.

Later,

Tom


Right, but that's not your everyday rope, now is it, Mr Smarty? :-)

Harry,
Real men use Hemp! :-)
Paul

Harry Krause wrote:

Plastic rope? What? There's a replacement for manilla?

Remember manilla rope? Man, that stuff was easy to splice, not like
today's "plastic rope," even the good plastic rope. Had a nice hand to it.