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Steve Raffel
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Initially Posted - 05/26/2009 :  14:16:31  Show Profile
How can you insert a 3/8" line into a plastic tube with an ID of 3/8"? I was thinking of solving the problem by using a 5/16" line.
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 05/26/2009 :  14:56:20  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
Dish soap inside the tubing helps. We used split loom on our first incarnation though, lots easier to apply.

Our [url="http://www.catalina-capri-25s.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=19741&SearchTerms=bowline"]latest incarnation[/url] doesn't use anything except the lines twisted together and tied into a double bowline with a loop at the top for your boat pole hook. Works pretty well.
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Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 05/26/2009 :  16:27:26  Show Profile
We used liquid soap and a thinner lead line to pull the dock line through. You could also go to 1/2" inner diameter tube. I would not reduce the dock line diameter.
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jerlim
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Response Posted - 05/28/2009 :  18:24:00  Show Profile
I threaded a piece of #10 AWG solid wire between/through the three strands of our dock line, almost as a core...it doesn't diminish the strength really, and allows us to shape the loop to better catch the cleat.
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 05/28/2009 :  18:40:54  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">I threaded a piece of #10 AWG solid wire between/through the three strands of our dock line, almost as a core...it doesn't diminish the strength really, and allows us to shape the loop to better catch the cleat.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

I thought about doing something similar with some aluminum clothesline I've got. But our newest version seems to be pretty shape-able, so I haven't bothered as yet. Maybe on the Mark III.
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