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Re: Other: deck rigging
By:Mike Savage
Date: 6/1/2011, 5:31 am
In Response To: Other: deck rigging (Kevin McAtee)

: What is shock cord, or can i substitute something else for deck rigging?

Hi Kevin,
Shock cord is also called bungie cord, it's an elastic line. A bundle of rubber strings surrounded by a woven sheath.
It's often used for cargo holding on deck.

You can use non-elastic cord as deck rigging but this needs sliders between pairs of parallel lines to alter the tension. This is very effective, more so than shock cord, but the sliders can scratch the deck finish of a hardshell or stripbuilt/S&G.

There's been a few threads here on deck rigging and you could check out QajaqUSA for a load of threads on the subject as well.

Mike Savage
South West Cork

PS, I wouldn't use shock cord for a perimeter line, just the cargo lines.

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Other: deck rigging
Kevin McAtee -- 6/1/2011, 4:57 am
Re: Other: deck rigging
Mike Savage -- 6/1/2011, 5:31 am
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John Eberly -- 6/1/2011, 1:16 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 6/1/2011, 5:52 pm
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JohnK -- 6/1/2011, 6:53 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 6/1/2011, 7:00 pm
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Allan -- 6/1/2011, 8:29 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 6/1/2011, 10:19 pm
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Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 6/2/2011, 4:04 am
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StephenHJ -- 6/2/2011, 5:13 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 6/3/2011, 2:38 am
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Reg Lake -- 6/2/2011, 5:48 pm
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Bryan Kapteyn -- 6/3/2011, 4:04 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 6/4/2011, 1:24 am
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Noel Bennett -- 6/4/2011, 10:17 am
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Bill Hamm -- 6/5/2011, 1:24 am
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dhwdaniels -- 6/5/2011, 4:19 am
Re: Other: deck rigging
Bill Hamm -- 6/5/2011, 2:31 pm
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Kevin Mcatee -- 6/5/2011, 5:40 pm
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Kevin Mcatee -- 6/5/2011, 5:43 pm