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Old 06-16-2013, 06:53 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by no-engine View Post

When I browse the displays at the Antique Boat Show, it's frightening to see the miserable methods to tie such boats! Winding + winding around a post is NOT A good knot! Good knots should be easily removed in case of emergency, or a need to remove quickly.
It's amazing how many boaters don't seem to know how to tie a cleat hitch. I walked all the common area docks in my neighborhood and saw that zero boats out of about twenty had a correct cleat hitch.
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